Water discharging through Vernatt's sluice from Vernatt's Drain, part of the Lincolnshire fens drainage scheme designed to stop farmland becoming perm

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Water discharging through Vernatt's sluice from Vernatt's Drain, part of the Lincolnshire fens drainage scheme designed to stop farmland becoming permanently flooded. The sluice is on the Vernatt's Drain where it feeds into the River Welland near Spalding, Lincolnshire, UK, a market town in the Lincolnshire fens.

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Keywords: canal, creek, defence, drain, drainage, farmland, fen, fens, flood, flooding, force, gate, lincolnshire, lincs, open, power, river, rush, sluice, spalding, vernatt, water, waterway, welland