Datestone
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Datestone
Image: © Bob Harvey Taken: 12 Jun 2022
Datestone on the house in Image This was the year that Swedish scientist Svante Arrhenius announced a way to calculate carbon dioxide's role in planetary temperatures, and predicted global warming as a result of burning coal. I believe that the letters "WT" refer to the Welland Trust, a statutory body created by the Welland Outfall Act of 1867. See https://www.heritagesouthholland.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/AOS-D-0074a-The-River-Welland-Outfall-Act-1867-Part-1.pdf , where page 4 talks of disbanding previous trustees and creating a new trust to manage the river.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.870856
Longitude
-0.042416