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When the then London & South Western Railway widened the Deep
Cut to four lines in the 1890s, the Company became seriously
embarrassed by the amount of water collecting in the cutting.
One of the directors decided that it would be a good idea to sell
this water to the public. The Mid Southern Water Company was born,
and collected, cleaned and supplied water until the early 1990s at
Frimley. It is now this water which is used to top up the canal. |
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Water runs from the Deep Cut
to the River Blackwater on both the north and south sides of the
Bournemouth railway line. Water also collects
from the Ascot-Ash Vale line, before entering the Blackwater. This
is collected in a filter sump where the Bournemouth line crosses
the Ascot line. This then passes to a well containing a totally
submerged electric "Flyght" pump. The water is then
pumped through a 6" (150mm) pipe to the canal, following a route on
the NE side of the Ascot line, passing under the Mytchett railway
bridge and across the Frimley Lodge Park.
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