Old Bedford River
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The Old Bedford River is an artificial drainage channel in the Fens of eastern England, built in the 17th century as part of large-scale land reclamation and flood control works.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Old Bedford River canonical | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
artificial drainage channel
ⓘ
canal ⓘ river of England ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Old Bedford Drain
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Old Bedford River Drain NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Earl of Bedford’s drainage scheme ⓘ |
| builtFor |
drainage
ⓘ
flood control ⓘ land reclamation ⓘ |
| commissionedBy | Francis Russell 4th Earl of Bedford NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| connectsTo |
Counter Drain
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
River Great Ouse NERFINISHED ⓘ Welches Dam NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| constructionEnd | 1636 ⓘ |
| constructionStart | 1630 ⓘ |
| country | England ⓘ |
| crossedBy | bridges ⓘ |
| designedBy | Cornelius Vermuyden NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| endsNear | Denver Sluice NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| engineer | Cornelius Vermuyden NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| followsCourseThrough | Fenland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLegalStatus | main river ⓘ |
| hasStructure |
embankments
ⓘ
sluices ⓘ weirs ⓘ |
| historicalEra | 17th century ⓘ |
| isPartOf | Bedford Rivers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| length | about 20 miles ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Cambridgeshire, England
ⓘ
surface form:
Cambridgeshire
Huntingdonshire NERFINISHED ⓘ eastern England NERFINISHED ⓘ the Fens NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| managedBy | Environment Agency NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mouth | River Great Ouse NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
early large-scale engineered drainage in England
ⓘ
role in draining the Bedford Level ⓘ |
| parallelDrainageSystemWith | New Bedford River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| parallelTo | New Bedford River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Great Level of the Fens NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOfProject | drainage of the Great Level of the Fens ⓘ |
| region | East of England ⓘ |
| runsBetween |
Earith
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Salters Lode NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| startsNear | Earith NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedFor |
agricultural drainage
ⓘ
water level management ⓘ |
| waterManagementAuthority | Middle Level Commissioners NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.