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    Royal Arsenal

    The Royal Arsenal Canal today

    The Royal Arsenal Canal today

    February 7, 2010

    Looking from the former canal entrance, across the coal pier, towards the Woolwich free ferry, the Thames Barrier, Canary Wharf and Central London. The flats…

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    History of the Royal Arsenal Railway

    History of the Royal Arsenal Railway

    February 7, 2010

    (The following section on the railway was kindly written for London Canals by Ian Bull of the Crossness Engines Trust) The Royal Arsenal’s railways began…

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    The Royal Arsenal Canal – The waterway serving the Woolwich military complex

    The Royal Arsenal Canal – The waterway serving the Woolwich military complex

    February 7, 2010

    The Royal Arsenal (or Woolwich Arsenal) canal was designed by Lietunant Colonel Pilkington and built between 1812-14, and extended again by 1816. It had a…

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