Alexandra Warehouse, Gloucester Docks
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The photograph on this page of Alexandra Warehouse, Gloucester Docks by Rudi Winter as part of the Geograph project.
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Alexandra Warehouse, Gloucester Docks
Image: © Rudi Winter Taken: 16 Mar 2019
In the foreground is the junction of the Gloucester and Sharpness Canal (left), the Main Basin http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/6095320 (right) and the Barge Arm (behind the camera). A tour boat is moored opposite, with Alexandra Warehouse behind. The warehouse was built in 1870 to store corn, later sugar. It burned down after five years but was rebuilt immediately.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.862108
Longitude
-2.25379