Sluice gate

Introduction

The photograph on this page of Sluice gate by FollowMeChaps as part of the Geograph project.

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Sluice gate

Image: © FollowMeChaps Taken: 28 Dec 2005

One of the many sluice gates used on the Congresbury Yeo river to control local flooding. The river, which on this photo is the other side of the sluice, is higher than the local wetland. The water seen here flows underneath the Congresbury Yeo.

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Image Location

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Latitude
51.378333
Longitude
-2.840481