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The result was: promoted by AirshipJungleman29 talk 01:15, 13 August 2024 (UTC)

1683 Trent flood

  • Source: "Even the generally placid and genial Trent has always had its unruly side. There was the flood of 1683, when the bridges at Nottingham and Newark were swept away by ice floes driven on by a roaring torrent of floodwater" from: Fort, Tom (2008). Downstream. Century. p. 68. ISBN 978-1-84605-169-2.
Moved to mainspace by Dumelow (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 864 past nominations.

Dumelow (talk) 08:14, 8 August 2024 (UTC).

  • New enough, long enough (still comfortably over 1500 characters having exhausted all sources), hook should be of interest to readers. Will assume good faith on the print source. QPQ done, believe this is good to go. --Bcschneider53 (talk) 02:04, 11 August 2024 (UTC)