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This message was updated on 5/27/2008 8:07:38 AM by Peter Chamberlain

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replied on: 5/27/2008 7:54:40 AM
The Purpose of the Gudgeon Hole was to remove the water from the higher level and with the use of Sluice Gates fill the lower level to lift the Barge I recall the one at New Eastwood you could walk over the Co-op fields to it from Milnhay Road.Think Gudgeon was a local name for it.
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