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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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    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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    The Lee Navigation – Kings Weir to Rye House

    The Lee Navigation – Kings Weir to Rye House

    January 16, 2010

    Immediately after Kings Weir is Wormley, a popular mooring spot. There are good walks in all directions from here, from viewing the spectacular cascade at…

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    The Lee Navigation – Rammey Marsh to Kings Weir

    The Lee Navigation – Rammey Marsh to Kings Weir

    January 16, 2010

    The 1835 iron bridge at Rammey Marsh Lock. It was closed recently due to structural faultsRammey Marsh is the second of two partially mechanised locks…

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    Lee Navigation – the old order at Waltham

    Lee Navigation – the old order at Waltham

    January 16, 2010

    The Lee Navigation once connected into the actual River Lea for a short distance from a point just above the M25 at Rammey Marsh as…

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    The Lee Navigation – Rammey Marsh and Waltham Abbey

    The Lee Navigation – Rammey Marsh and Waltham Abbey

    January 16, 2010

    The lock and 1835 iron bridge at Rammey Marsh.This section of the Lee Navigation was the last to be constructed outside of London, and the…

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    The Lee Navigation – Brimsdown to Enfield Lock

    The Lee Navigation – Brimsdown to Enfield Lock

    January 16, 2010

      The noted covered wharf at Brimsdown – the only example left in London on a through waterway.The Lee Navigation (actually as the Enfield Mill…

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    The Lee Navigation – Picketts, Ponders & the Turkey Brook

    The Lee Navigation – Picketts, Ponders & the Turkey Brook

    January 16, 2010

    Picketts Lock looking down the navigation towards EdmontonPicketts Lock is the first of the manual locks on the Lee Navigation – and what a big…

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