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Project River Don 15

Sprotbrough Falls once known as Flint Mill Weir. The mill was built around 1705 and was used to grind flint for use in the pottery industry and which was eventually demolished in the 1930s.

 

Images from walks along the River Don.

Yorkshire's River Don is a river that has suffered over 200 years of industrial abuse, only to be declared biologically dead in the 1960's. Nowadays with the loss of heavy industries i.e. coal mines, power stations, steel works ,mills , factories and concerted efforts by environmental groups the River Don is now a river of fish and wild life.

 

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Uploaded on July 6, 2023
Taken on January 14, 2022