2019
SO7289 : Weir for Eardington Upper Forge
taken 4 years ago, near to Eardington, Shropshire, England
Weir for Eardington Upper Forge
This is on the Mor Brook and is a masonry dam 30 yards long and raising the water level by 15'. Sluices supplied the Upper Forge and the tail race from there constituted a navigable canal and water supply to the Lower Forge. This is the most spectacular publicly accessible remnant of the Upper Forge as the other remains are in a trout farm and not accessible. The pond behind the dam/weir is now very largely silted up. The forges made fine charcoal iron for gun barrels, wire and horseshoe nails.
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