Sluice of Sandbach Mill
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Sluice of Sandbach Mill
Image: © Stephen Craven Taken: 28 Dec 2021
The sluice gate is left in the raised position, keeping the water level in the former mill pond low, but it is clear that the water wheel would only have had a modest head of water. This is the line of the main stream, not the mill race which was further to the southeast.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.134963
Longitude
-2.369451