EPW022850 ENGLAND (1928). Weir at Ash Island, Hampton Court Park, 1928

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Details

Title [EPW022850] Weir at Ash Island, Hampton Court Park, 1928
Reference EPW022850
Date August-1928
Link
Place name HAMPTON COURT PARK
Parish
District
Country ENGLAND
Easting / Northing 515052, 168743
Longitude / Latitude -0.34570226235129, 51.405534423369
National Grid Reference TQ151687

Pins


MB
Wednesday 24th of October 2012 05:34:19 PM

MB
Wednesday 24th of October 2012 05:32:45 PM
This is the boatyard of T.W.Allen & Sons. They hired river cruisers from here.

loweightes
Tuesday 27th of August 2013 05:23:16 PM

MB
Wednesday 24th of October 2012 05:30:13 PM
Small tug with a string of barges. Steam powered?

MB
Wednesday 24th of October 2012 05:28:21 PM

User Comment Contributions

This is the Weir which was painted by Alfred Sisley the French Impressionist in 1874. The original painting is now in the National Gallery of Scotland in Edinburgh.

See "Sisley on the Thames and the Welsh Coast" by Nicholas Reed, 2008.

Nicholas Reed
Sunday 5th of May 2013 11:31:24 PM
Parts of the weir appear to have been rebuilt recently

MB
Wednesday 24th of October 2012 05:34:57 PM