Paula J James
Pulteney Weir, Bath
For centuries Bath had suffered from the River Avon flooding - even the Romans had to raise the level of some of their baths complex to alleviate the problem. Flood levels are marked on the buttress of Widcombe footbridge, on buildings in Grove Street and on Norfolk Buildings.
Pulteney Weir was built In the early 1970s in its current 'V'shape, with an associated flood control gate (sluice) on the east side of the river.
It features in the recently released film of Les Misérables. Part of the scene where Inspector Javert commits suicide by jumping into the River Seine was filmed here in October 2012.
Pulteney Weir, Bath
For centuries Bath had suffered from the River Avon flooding - even the Romans had to raise the level of some of their baths complex to alleviate the problem. Flood levels are marked on the buttress of Widcombe footbridge, on buildings in Grove Street and on Norfolk Buildings.
Pulteney Weir was built In the early 1970s in its current 'V'shape, with an associated flood control gate (sluice) on the east side of the river.
It features in the recently released film of Les Misérables. Part of the scene where Inspector Javert commits suicide by jumping into the River Seine was filmed here in October 2012.