The Slough arm 3
The un-numbered pipeline bridge.The conveyor belt bridge on the site of an old bridge so clearly gets number 2The first of the three iron aqueducts....
The Slough arm 2
The Slough arm of the Grand Union Canal Industry on both sides near St Mary's bridge. This is Langley Business Park. The offside is known...
The Slough arm 1
The Slough arm of the Grand Union Canal The 5 mile Slough Arm of the Grand Union Canal was opened in 1882. It has been...
The Salters Cut (Sabey's Canal and Rickmansworth Wharf)
Salter's Cut was a 500yd cut opened in 1804 (or 1805 as some sources claim) and served Salter & Co's Brewery, but later also extended...
The Salters Cut (Gasworks Arm/River Chess) Rickmansworth
This was a 500yd cut opened in 1804 (or 1805 as some sources claim) and served Salter & Co's Brewery. The firm's director, Stephen Salter,...
The Royal Arsenal Canal today
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...
History of the Royal Arsenal Railway
(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...
The Royal Arsenal Canal – The waterway serving the Woolwich military complex
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...
The Romford Canal 6
Romford Canal - The final section The canal route passes through what is now known as The Chase nature reserve (Barking & Dagenham confusingly calls...
The Romford Canal 5
The canal route to the C2C/District railway crossing at Elm Park By these houses on Roosevelt Way, there is evidently a rise in the ground....
