epw032876 ENGLAND (1930). The Ipswich Sugar Beet Factory, Sproughton, 1930
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Title | [EPW032876] The Ipswich Sugar Beet Factory, Sproughton, 1930 |
Reference | EPW032876 |
Date | June-1930 |
Link | |
Place name | SPROUGHTON |
Parish | SPROUGHTON |
District | |
Country | ENGLAND |
Easting / Northing | 613595, 244842 |
Longitude / Latitude | 1.1161980882748, 52.060292559963 |
National Grid Reference | TM136448 |
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Chantry lock on the Ipswich and Stowmarket Navigation, opened 1793, mostly using the River Gipping. Traffic to Stowmarket stopped around 1910, but traffic continued to Bramford until 1929. The navigation was abandoned in 1932.
(Information from "Lost Canals and Waterways of Britain", by Ronald Russell, published by David and Charles.) |
John W |
Saturday 21st of January 2017 04:31:36 PM |