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Dredging the River Avon at Green Park as part of the Flood Prevention Scheme, Bath 1972

Dredging the River Avon at Green Park as part of the Flood Prevention Scheme, Bath 1972

Image Reference: 48891
Image Date: 1972
Measurements: 5.5 x 5.5 cm
Medium: negative
Collection: Bath Chronicle
Library Reference: Neg 5734
Credit: Bath & North East Somerset Council
Library: Bath Record Office : Archives & Local Studies

Description: The river was dredged and the spoil dumped in Green Park creating the raised mound in it that is still visible today. Note the industrial background of the Newark works with a Stothert & Pitt crane on the riverside.
Photographed on 22nd February 1972.

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