Balne Beck, Wakefield
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Balne Beck, Wakefield
Image: © Christine Johnstone Taken: 10 Jan 2021
Looking downstream [south] alongside houses in Elder Green. In the early 1800s, this beck powered textile mills in Wakefield, before water power was replaced by steam. Balne Mill was upstream of here, Westgate Mills downstream.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.684104
Longitude
-1.512276