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		mytailorisrich on Feb 20, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Old London Bridge It's not unusual. If a river is small enough, as the city grows the river often ends up completely culverted and buried underground. There are many in London, for instance: https://londonist.com/london/maps/london-s-lost-rivers-mappe...

NikkiA on Feb 21, 2024 [–]

Similarly, Sheffield's railway station (fmr "midland"/"pond street") is built over one of sheffields rivers (the river sheaf - in fact, two rivers, since the Porter Brook and the River Sheaf join under Platform 5a)

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