2016

TA1824 : Contre Jour Drain

taken 9 years ago, near to Paull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England

Contre Jour Drain
Contre Jour Drain
Taken in the evening almost against the sun, this is the artificially made tidal lagoon next to the River Humber. It's designed to take very high tide river water and buffer it avoiding flooding on the low farmland nearby.

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Geographical Context: Water resources
This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · River Humber [5] · Artificial Tidal Lagoon [3] · Taken [3] ·
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TA1824, 45 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Andy Beecroft   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Thursday, 8 September, 2016   (more nearby)
Submitted
Wednesday, 14 September, 2016
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! TA 1805 2464 [10m precision]
WGS84: 53:42.2910N 0:12.7885W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! TA 1846 2456
View Direction
West-northwest (about 292 degrees)
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