Caption

River Sluice Gate flood defence system in operation on River Avon, Chippenham, Wiltshire, England, UK

Date

Jan 11, 2026

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Ian Murray

Reference

BRK26A53_108

Model release

No

Property release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

86.1Mb (7.3Mb) / 22.4in x 14.9in / 6720 x 4480 (300dpi)

Keywords

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