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General view of The Mound sluice gates

General view of The Mound sluice gates

Date Added: 30 September 2011 Year: 2003 Institution Name: dnhhl Cat No: | 2011_086_04 | Picture No: 10364

The sluice gates at The Mound viewed from the south. The eight gates, at water level, where raised by chain and pulley wheel system (see 2011_086_05) connected to a winch. The sluice gate system is thought to have been installed in 1834 to a design by Thomas Telford.

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