Forty Foot Drain
…scheme of 1649–1653. Located near Chatteris and Ramsey, the river runs 10+1⁄2 miles (16.9 km), from Wells Bridge, where it joins the old River Nene, to Welches Dam Sluice, where it joins the Counter Wash Drain, which then changes identity, becoming the Old Bedford River. These junctions are at grid references…