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Flood waters reach Cottam Village from the river Trent

Town Street ?
Cottam
England

In 1947 a severe winter blew into Europe from Russia. When it began to thaw the River Trent burst its banks and brought floods to Nottingham and much of the low lying land in the whole of the Trent valley. Many areas of the City of Nottingham were effected, the water even reached the Victoria Railway Station in the city centre. Fifty thousands acres of farm land were engulfed by water with hundreds of homes cut off from dry land. Two and a half thousand acres of the city were waterlogged, submerging 28 miles (45 km) of streets. The area seen here is in the northern part of the county, where the low lying farmland around the River Trent flooded. See pictures of West Bridgford in 1947 for the effects of flooding in the south of the county.

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