"Old Father Thames" "St Johns Lock" [River Thames] Lechlade Gloucestershire "Head of the Thames" commissioned "1854"

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"Old Father Thames" "St Johns Lock" [River Thames] Lechlade Gloucestershire "Head of the Thames" commissioned "1854" "St John's Lock" is the highest lock of "45" between the river' s source and the centre of London. It is about "71m" or "234 ft" above [sea level]. The statue was originally created for "Crystal Palace" in London by [R. Monti] . After a fire there in "1936" it was donated by "H. Scott" Freeman esquire a [Thames conservator] and relocated to mark the [source of the river] at "Tewsbury Mead" in "1958" before being moved here in "1974" .

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Size: 5007px × 3333px
Location: "St Johns Lock" Lechlade Gloucestershire England "United Kingdom" [Great Britain] UK
Photo credit: © Senarb Commercial / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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