Swift Ditch
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swift-ditch-296-5807933
title:
Swift Ditch
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The Swift Ditch is a 2 km (1.2 mi) long artificial channel that formed a short-cut for river traffic to and from Oxford, across a meander of the River Thames in England. It was formerly the primary navigation channel. With the main river, it creates Andersey Island on the left bank of the Thames opposite Abingdon-on-Thames. Within a poem published in 1632, the Water Poet John Taylor wrote:
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Artificial channel near Oxford, England
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swift_Ditch
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date modified:
2024-02-08T15:02:19Z
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