Moorsholm Docks
Introduction
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Moorsholm Docks
Image: © Mick Garratt Taken: 4 Oct 2018
Right on the High Street of this delightful little village that just missed out on the ironstone mining activities of the rest of East Cleveland, is a row of six sunken sandstone water troughs that have become known as the Moorsholm Docks. Probably dating from the 19th-century they are fed by piped water from a spring on the moors. The name seems to be a bit of a mystery; some suggest it came about purely as a result of a ‘wag’. From my blog http://www.fhithich.uk/?p=20284
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Image Location
Latitude
54.520936
Longitude
-0.936922