Skelwith Bridge, Skelwith Force 1888
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The great surging waterfall (the word 'force' is derived from the Old Norse 'foss' ) at Skelwith has been a great visitor attraction since Victorian times. The force is not very high, but it generates immense power; some of the water was formerly conducted in a large pipe to workshops a short distance downstream where locally quarried slate was split and dressed for building and other uses.
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