2015

SE1221 : Ochre in Tag Cut, Elland

taken 11 years ago, near to Rastrick, Calderdale, England

Ochre in Tag Cut, Elland
Ochre in Tag Cut, Elland
The water in this disused canal cut is clear elsewhere, but a short length here is strongly coloured by the ochre earth pigment, containing hydrated iron oxide.
Tag Cut, Elland :: SE1222

The Tag Cut was part of the original Calder and Hebble Navigation, which used the River Calder upstream and downstream of the cut, which bypassed a loop in the river and a weir. It became redundant when the long Freeman's Cut was constructed, in 1805-8, between the (Brighouse) North Cut at Freeman's Lock and Salterhebble. It is now dammed by a wall across Tag Lock, at the downstream end, and carries a small stream flow. It is in the Cromwell Bottom Local Nature Reserve.


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Humphrey Bolton   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Thursday, 7 May, 2015   (more nearby)
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Thursday, 7 May, 2015
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SE 126 219 [100m precision]
WGS84: 53:41.6037N 1:48.6397W
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OSGB36: geotagged! SE 126 219
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Southwest (about 225 degrees)
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