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The Catchwater Drain north of Skellingthorpe Road in Lincoln.
The drain was created by architect Sir John Rennie as part of the Lincoln West Drainage scheme in 1816 to make the lowlands on the west of the city more marketable for the landowners such as Lord Monson.
The Catchwater Drain runs from Skellingthorpe and through Swanpool and Boultham. It meets the River Witham at the end of Atham Terrace at a crossway junction with Sincil Drainage Dyke. Part of the drain runs into the Witham, part of it turns north and runs alongside the River until Coulson Road where it joins the Main Dyke and flows into the River Witham.
(There is a separate drainage dyke also called Catchwater Drain further north which runs from south of Carlton into the Main Dyke by Boultham Mere).
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The Catchwater Drain north of Skellingthorpe Road in Lincoln.
The drain was created by architect Sir John Rennie as part of the Lincoln West Drainage scheme in 1816 to make the lowlands on the west of the city more marketable for the landowners such as Lord Monson.
The Catchwater Drain runs from Skellingthorpe and through Swanpool and Boultham. It meets the River Witham at the end of Atham Terrace at a crossway junction with Sincil Drainage Dyke. Part of the drain runs into the Witham, part of it turns north and runs alongside the River until Coulson Road where it joins the Main Dyke and flows into the River Witham.
(There is a separate drainage dyke also called Catchwater Drain further north which runs from south of Carlton into the Main Dyke by Boultham Mere).