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Flooding has long been a problem for this stretch of the river. Flooding to the level of the warehouse is an annual occurrence. The worst of the floods is recorded by a painted line inside the building, almost at the top of the windows.
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were used to bring raw materials to the forges of the Gorge and to take the finished goods away. At this time, before the management of the river by
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