Silted up turning bay, River Colne
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Silted up turning bay, River Colne
Image: © Robin Webster Taken: 9 Feb 2019
Dredging ceased in the mid 1970s and there is now no large vessel traffic up to Colchester requiring this to turn. Perversely this appears to be a fairly recent feature, before the Colne Causeway bridge was built there was a turning place at the bend in the river just above where the bridge is now. The bridge is fixed and of quite low headroom. It seems that this was excavated to replace the old turning place.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.87806
Longitude
0.933138