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During the 2003 flood event the water surged out of the Thames, across the fields, into the Wraysbury Drain and then on upstream to surcharge the gravel pit.<\/p>\n
Dated 10-1-2003 this image records post-peak flood water flows returning from the gravel pit and into the Wraysbury Drain (behind the Station Road\/Douglas Lane houses).<\/p>\n
The water is flowing from the pit on the left to the right and it is apparent that the Wraysbury Drain on the right is flowing at a lower level than the gravel pit.\u00a0 It should be noted that this arrangement only applied for a few days until the level of the pit dropped to the height of the embankment – then the flood water was trapped.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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