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Description: The tide gates opened to let the tide into the reach above them, and closed to impound the water as the tide fell. The water then powered Battlesbridge tide mill, which operated fro 1767 until the early 20th century.
Title: Tide gates, Battlesbridge (geograph 5719409)
Credit: From geograph.org.uk
Author: Robin Webster
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