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.…
Continue ReadingRegent's Canal – Mare Street to Limehouse
Gasometers near Mare Street, Hackney. Busy summer scene by Northiam Street. Boats and cyclists by Bonner Hall bridge in Victoria Park. Old Ford Lock –…
Continue ReadingRegent's Canal – King's Cross to Acton's Lock
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…
Continue ReadingRegent's Canal – Camden to St Pancras
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…
Continue ReadingRegent's Cumberland Turn to Pirate Castle
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…
Continue ReadingRegent's Canal – Maida Hill to London Zoo
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…
Continue ReadingCongreve’s Hydro-Pneumatic Canal Lift
The abortive lift scheme on the Regent’s Canal Before any locks were built on the Regent’s Canal, problems with acquiring a reliable water supply, forced…
Continue ReadingPlaces of interest near London’s Canals – Camden Market Horse Tunnels
The market at Camden Lock has lost some of its old character. Plans for major redevelopment were approved despite opposition and work began in 2007.…
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