Emptying under York Road
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Emptying under York Road
Image: © Neil Owen Taken: 23 Jul 2021
When the New Cut was dug in the early nineteenth century, a provision was made for some of the streams that were necessarily diverted. Today a modern piece of metalwork forms a closure. A pair of ducks pass by more interested in a young gull.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.445231
Longitude
-2.590187