Millbank, Keswick in 1971
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The photograph on this page of Millbank, Keswick in 1971 by John Carter as part of the Geograph project.
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Millbank, Keswick in 1971
Image: © John Carter Taken: Unknown
This picture shows the view south-east from Millbank in Keswick when the gas holders were still in use, storing natural gas for town distribution. Exact date not recorded, but obviously summer, 1971. Compare with Image taken nearly 46 years later, and Image, Image looking at the gas works site in the opposite direction.
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Image Location
Latitude
54.602945
Longitude
-3.136824