The Grand Union's Paddington Arm
Part three - Northolt to Greenford
Northolt boatyard, offering services, gas and diesel. Its operated by High Line Yachting of Iver. This is the last opportunity to fill up before London. The next opportunity is Springfield Marina on the Lee Navigation - unless one happens to meet either of the area's working narrowboats that sell coal and diesel
The building seen towering above the wharf is the Dawoodi Bohra Jamaat, which recieved a visit from the Prince of Wales in February 2009
These names have been scrawled on the side of this warehouse for as long as I remember. James Dean & David Bowie yes we know who they are, but Jonny Boesom?? I've searched on the internet and drawn a blank. Who the hell is he? Incidentally there used to be a wharf here at one time and mooring rings may still be found
The Central Line bridge at Greenford. This is the first of just two deep-level tube lines to cross the canals anywhere on the entire London network. The other is at Alperton. Nearby Greenford tube station is the only one in London that has semaphore railway signals. These are used to control the branch line from West Ealing which uses a centre platform between the tube lines
Lyons Dock before restoration as part of a new development in 2008. This used to serve the large factory belonging to J Lyons Ltd
The Lyons factory was a huge complex (see this article.) It was opened in 1921 and at its zenith employed 300 workers.The dock had the latest mechanical equipment and was used to unload the barges. This was proudly shown to King George V on his visit in the 1920's. On the west side was their ice cream factory. This closed in the early 1990's whilst the remainder of the site was vacated by 1995
Greenford has a long history of factories. The first was opened in 1856and was used to make dyes. W Bailey's glass works, Perkins and the British Bath Compnay were some of the locale's major employers. The latter still exists and the other the main industries today are Glaxo and Rockware Glass
The signs say it all. The Black Horse Pub at Greenford
The pub signs - depicting different kinds of barges
View from the Black Horse looking in the London bound direction, with the Glaxo complex on the offside. The sharp bends here mark this as the northernmost point on the canal. From Bulls Bridge it has headed in a north/north east direction, generally in the direction of nearby Horsenden Hill. Here it changes tack completely and heads past Horsenden Hill on a east/south east alignment towards London
Paddington Arm - Part four
Around Little Venice & Paddington: History and transport systems / Canute's 'Canal': The mythological waterway that wasnt / Croydon Canal: London's shortest-lived waterway, closing completely by 1837 / Cumberland Arm: A branch off the Regents Canal to Euston / Fleet River & Canal: The former Thames - Kings Cross waterway / Grand Surrey: The canal with an ambition to reach Portsmouth! / Grosvenor Canal: The Grosvenor linked Victoria to the Thames / Kensington Canal: The canal that became a railway and an underground route / London's Canal Tunnels: There are three canal tunnels in London / Paddington Arm: The Grand Junction/Grand Union from Bulls Bridge to London / Pudding Mill River: Requiem for London's lost waterway / Regents Canal: This runs between Little Venice, Camden Town & Limehouse / Romford Canal: The penultimate, yet unfinished, canal to be built in London / Ruislip Feeder: The former waterway that fed the canal / Westbourne River: The old waterway from Kilburn to the Thames / Woolwich's secret waterway: The Royal Arsenal Canal
Attractions near the London canals: Abbey Road / Bayswater / Crockers Folly / Derry and Toms / Edgware Road / Marylebone Goods / Nash Villas / Spitfire Works / St Pancras