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: WM576G
Location: Eastern England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 11/22/2008
Views: 8
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.
Natural or man made event?: Natural
What type of marker?: Wall Plaque
When did this occur?: November 1st 1823
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A picture showing the level along with any markers telling of what had occurred can be used. Better yet would be a picture of you or someone standing next to the high level mark, that would show if you would have been just wading or completely submersed.
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