Flood Gates on the Car Park

Introduction

The photograph on this page of Flood Gates on the Car Park by Des Blenkinsopp as part of the Geograph project.

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Flood Gates on the Car Park

Image: © Des Blenkinsopp Taken: 30 Jul 2015

At first glance these black doors look like an ordinary set of gates, but they are designed to be watertight in case of flooding which is a danger along here.

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Image Location

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Latitude
51.487668
Longitude
-0.247566