River Stour drainage arrangement above Ashen Road bridge

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River Stour drainage arrangement above Ashen Road bridge

Image: © Robin Webster Taken: 1 Jul 2017

A view from the old railway embankment of a recently cleaned weir between the New Cut on the far side and a slightly repositioned (because of the railway) original course of the River Stour. Beyond is the grade II listed cast-iron bridge dated 1813 carrying Ashen Road over the New Cut. The view is from just about on the Suffolk - Essex border, which follows the original course of the river. The New Cut was made as a mill stream, but for most of its length takes the usual main flow of the river now. It is not too clear in which direction water flows over the weir when levels are higher, but probably from the near side to the far side - there is no provision for downstream scour on the near side.

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