2016

SE2932 : The Hol Beck, Water Lane, Leeds

taken 8 years ago, near to Leeds, England

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The Hol Beck, Water Lane, Leeds
The Hol Beck, Water Lane, Leeds
Today this quiet culvert meanders through the heart of the City of Leeds, but this tranquil looking stream once powered the mills and industry around Holbeck during the industrial revolution. The Hol Beck is a natural watercourse that was canalised with setted floor and stone walls in the 1840s. The water in the Hol Beck was once badly polluted by chemicals and industrial waste, but these days the water is clean enough for freshwater fish.


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Creative Commons Licence [Some Rights Reserved]   © Copyright Mark Stevenson and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence.
Geographical Context: Boundary, Barrier Rivers, Streams, Drainage City, Town centre
This photo is linked from: Galleries: · Selected tweets, Week 21 Automatic Clusters: · Water Lane [105] · Hol Beck [73] Title Clusters: · The Hol Beck, Water Lane, Leeds [46] ·
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SE2932, 705 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Mark Stevenson   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Thursday, 5 May, 2016   (more nearby)
Submitted
Thursday, 5 May, 2016
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SE 2954 3293 [10m precision]
WGS84: 53:47.5111N 1:33.1845W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SE 2948 3291
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East-northeast (about 67 degrees)
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