A close view of the frozen weir with two men standing on the gangway above. The winter of 1894/5 was known as the 'twelve week frost' and in February the whole of the Thames was blocked by ice flows, some 6 or 7 feet thick.

Date:
1895
Location:
Sandford On Thames Weir, Sandford-On-Thames, South Oxfordshire, Oxfordshire
Reference:
CC72/00977
Type:
Photograph (Negative)
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This is part of the Series: HWT01/01 Glass Plate Negatives And Inkjet Prints; within the Collection: HWT01 Henry W Taunt Collection

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Source: Historic England Archive

People & Organisations

Photographer: Taunt, Henry William

Curator: Davies, Angela

Keywords

Weir, Snow, Waterscape