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    An introduction to the Lee Navigation (River Lea)

    An introduction to the Lee Navigation (River Lea)

    December 3, 2022April 11, 2023

    The Lee Navigation was actually built in stages from the 1600’s to the Mid 1800’s, with the main body of the work being undertaken in…

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    Regent's Canal intro & Little Venice – Maida Hill

    Regent's Canal intro & Little Venice – Maida Hill

    November 8, 2022April 11, 2023

    The Regents Canal Following on the success of the Grand Union’s Paddington Branch, the Regents was opened to exploit the potentialities offered by water transport.…

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    Regent's Canal – Mare Street to Limehouse

    Regent's Canal – Mare Street to Limehouse

    February 3, 2010April 10, 2023

    Gasometers near Mare Street, Hackney. Busy summer scene by Northiam Street. Boats and cyclists by Bonner Hall bridge in Victoria Park. Old Ford Lock –…

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    Regent's Canal – King's Cross to Acton's Lock

    Regent's Canal – King's Cross to Acton's Lock

    February 3, 2010April 10, 2023

    London’s hidden canal aqueduct! Goods Way – where the unknown aqueudct is sited. Canal at left, railway at lower right. The location at which the…

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    Regent's Canal – Camden to St Pancras

    Regent's Canal – Camden to St Pancras

    February 3, 2010April 10, 2023

    The canal at the top of Camden Market. On the left is the Pirate Castle. The entrance 2 the disused Dead Dog basin is on…

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    Regent's Cumberland Turn to Pirate Castle

    Regent's Cumberland Turn to Pirate Castle

    February 3, 2010April 10, 2023

    Towpath walkers and a waterbus at St Marks Gate bridge, near the junction from which the old Cumberland Arm began. At the end of the…

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    Regent's Canal – Maida Hill to London Zoo

    Regent's Canal – Maida Hill to London Zoo

    February 3, 2010April 10, 2023

    London Waterbus Perseus at the eastern end of Maida Hill Tunnel. Marylebone Wide from Lisson Grove Road with Beauchamp heading westwards. East Portal of Lisson…

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    In Retrospect: Is the Lee Navigation a canal or river?

    In Retrospect: Is the Lee Navigation a canal or river?

    January 16, 2010

    From Hertfordshire.com“The River Lee (or Lea) runs through Hertford on its way to London and it is joined in Hertford by three other rivers, the…

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    The Lee Navigation – Ware Park, New Gauge and Hertford

    The Lee Navigation – Ware Park, New Gauge and Hertford

    January 16, 2010

    The final section of the Lee Navigation is just over three miles long. The course of the River Lea has been utilised since the weir…

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    The Lee Navigation – Stanstead lock and Gazebos

    The Lee Navigation – Stanstead lock and Gazebos

    January 16, 2010

    The River Lea conitnues to be used by the Lee Navigation as far as Stanstead Lock, after which it returns to its own artificial cut,…

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