Working on the River Bank
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Working on the River Bank
Image: © Des Blenkinsopp Taken: 10 May 2017
A small watercourse, Sweep's Ditch, joins the Thames here. Work is going on here to install a new penstock at the confluence to prevent river water backing up along the ditch and flooding the area behind. Sweep's Ditch will be pumped into the river while high levels persist.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.414542
Longitude
-0.499004