The Hertford Union Canal
The Hertford Union (or Ducketts) Canal - To the Lee Navigation
5 Images - Views around the bottom lock. Scene now changing quite a lot with the coming 2012 Olympics. There will be new cuts planned off the canal if proposals are accepted
Above: looking south along the River Lee Navigation. Canary Wharf in distance. This part of the 'River Lee' (as many like to call it) is actually one of its many artificial cuts, this section being known as the Hackney Cut which avoided a sinuous section of the river. The cut is NOT part of the River Lee or River Lea at all. The Hertford Union Canal, from its bottom lock to the junction, and Hackney Cut were at a lower level until the 1870's when changes saw the water levels altered to improve navigation. The works saw a number of locks on the Lee navigation removed and levels altered accordingly
Looking across the Lee Navigation to Hertford Union Junction with the new development that towers over the area Below: looking at the junction northwards to Carpenters Road bridge (near by is the derelict, but hopefully to be restored Carpenters Road Lock on the Bow Back Rivers)
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THE HERTFORD UNION CANAL PAGES:
[ intro ] [ old ford to skew bridge ] [ three colts to top lock ] [ down to wick lane ] [ to the lee navigation ]
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