2019

SO7289 : Weir for Eardington Upper Forge

taken 4 years ago, near to Eardington, Shropshire, England

Weir for Eardington Upper Forge
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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Geographical Context: Historic sites and artefacts Water resources Place: Eardington Primary Subject: Weir other tags: Brook Click a tag, to view other nearby images.
This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · Upper Forge [8] · Lower Forge [3] ·
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Photographer
Chris Hodrien   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Sunday, 10 November, 2019   (more nearby)
Submitted
Monday, 11 November, 2019
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SO 7244 8966 [10m precision]
WGS84: 52:30.2481N 2:24.4469W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SO 7245 8966
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North-northwest (about 337 degrees)
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