Asylum Dock
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Asylum Dock by Mark Percy as part of the Geograph project.
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Asylum Dock
Image: © Mark Percy Taken: 15 Apr 2022
The bricked-up white archway was originally the entrance to a dock serving the Hanwell Asylum. Barges would enter the dock to unload coal for the boilers and then leave with produce grown in the asylum gardens.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.505502
Longitude
-0.350644