Bourne Eau pumping station at Tongue End, the junction between Bourne Eau and the River Glen, Lincolnshire Fenland.

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The pumping station at the junction of Bourne Eau and the River Glen. Bourne Eau is a short river which rises in the town of Bourne on the fen edge in Lincolnshire and flows in an easterly direction to join the River Glen at Tongue End. It is an embanked and straightened and its normal level is above the surrounding peat fens which have fallen as drainage has taken much of their moisture. Bourne Eau was navigable in the 18th and 19th century until the navigation was blocked by the construction of a sluice at the junction with the River Glen. Bourne Eau now forms an important part of the drainage system that enables the surrounding fen land to be used for agriculture

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