Potomac Pond, Gunnersbury Park

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Potomac Pond, Gunnersbury Park

Image: © David Hawgood Taken: 9 Oct 2005

Originally a pit for digging clay, used to make chimney pots, tiles, flower pots and drain pipes. It was added to Gunnersbury Park in 1861 and landscaped as a boating lake. It is now used as a fishing lake. It may be named after the Potomac River in the U.S.A.

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