High Water Mark - River Great Ouse, Oakley, Bedfordshire UK
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Dragontree
N 52° 09.928 W 000° 31.612
30U E 669142 N 5782326
A High Water Mark recorded on a pillar on Oakley bridge.
Waymark Code: WM47GN
Location: Eastern England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 07/18/2008
Views: 34
This old bridge saw the River Great Ouse flood to the mark indicated on the pillar by indented arrows. It was recorded as being this height on November 1st 1823. It is a free-standing circular pillar made of limestone capped with the flood marker. The river rose 16ft above its normal level and drowned many animals.
RIVER GAUGE INFORMATION:
FLOOD
NOV 1ST 1823
>THIS HEIGHT<
WEB LINK FOR RIVER GAUGE: [Web Link]
ANY ADDITIONAL WAYPOINT: Not Listed
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