Stanworth Farm underpass, view west, 21 October 1996
Stanworth culvert, view west (see all photos of the same view)
This view shows Stanworth Farm underpass at the very bottom of the picture, and the completed culvert in the middle - it's almost impossible to see now, under the finished embankment, but is at the highest point of the embankment carrying the watercourse at the bottom of the ditch.
Structure 21 (Stanworth Farm underpass)
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