Grangemouth, Flood Relief
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Grangemouth, Flood Relief
Image: © Robert Murray Taken: 1 Jul 2015
Two burns align here under the A905 but have been separated by hard engineering as they emerge form under the roadway. The burn on the left is the Polmont burn and on the right the Glen burn (which at this point in turn becomes the Grange burn). This is part of low lying Grangemouth's flood control scheme. After heavy rainfall when both burns are in spate the Glen burn spills over into the channel of the Polmont burn - which is then taken away in a diversion canal towards the river Avon a couple of miles away. See Image
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Image Location
Latitude
55.999357
Longitude
-3.723318