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LONDON'S WATERWAYS : PHOTOS

THE RIVER LEE NAVIGATION

within London
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All uncredited photos are by Mike Stevens.
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THE LIMEHOUSE CUT

This forms a direct connection from the Lee Navigation at Bow Locks to Limehouse Basin, where it connects to the Thames and the Regent's Canal.
The entrance to the Cut
from Limehouse Basin.
Photo August 2000
Limehouse Cut 		Site of the old Limehouse lock
Photo, August 2000
Old lock
Limehouse Cut
Near the other end of the Cut.
Photo August 2000 		Limehouse Cut
Cruising the Cut in 1996.

Bow Creek
Bow Creek
Photo August 2000

BOW LOCKS

Bow Locks connect what was then the semi-tidal section of the River Lee Navigation with the fully-tidal Bow Creek.
The tail of Bow Locks at low tide
Photo , December 1999
Tail of Bow Locks		 Passing lighters above Bow Locks
Photo, 1979
Lighters at bow
Bow locks 1   Bow locks 2
Bow Locks in 1993, at high tide
 
 
Work in progress to modify Bow Locks
Photos August 2000 :
left by Tim Lewis, centre & right by Mike Stevens		 Link to history maps (not suitable for text-only browsers)  Bow Locks  Bow locks

BOW CREEK

All photos June 2006
Locking out at Bow
Locking out at Bow
Photo by Peter Gregory		 Looking back at the locks
Looking back at the locks.		 In Bow Creek
Part-way down the Creek		 Approaching Leamouth
Approaching :Leamouth

Rubbish boat
A rubbish-collecting boat
Photo August 2000 at Bow

Three Mills Rally
A boat Rally at Three Mills
Photo August 2000

 This site contains a separate page of photos of Three Mills and the Bow Back Rivers. Click here to visit it.
Bow Bridge
Bow Bridge
Photo August 2000		 St Thomas' Creek
The junction with St Thomas' Creek,
part of the Bow Back Rivers
Photo August 2000

Dredging in progress on the Lee Navigation

Photos August 2000. Left & centre by Mike Stevens; right by Tim Lewis 		Dredger Mud hopper Dredger
above Bow Bridge
Photo August 2000		 Match factory

OLD FORD LOCKS

These paired locks mark the beginning of the Hackney Cut section of the Lee Navigation.
Old Ford locks
Photo 1999		 Planet 24 studios
Photo 1999
Old River Lee.
Photo 1994		 JUnction with Duckett's
Photo 1999
Below the locks, the Old River Lee forms another entrance to the Bow Back Rivers
Lesney factory
Housing replaces industry
Photo August 2000		 Hackney power station
The old Hackney power station
Photo August 2000
Pond Lane flood gates
Pond Lane flood gates
Photo August 2000		 Sex-change pub
The pub that changed sex
Photo August 2000
Weir
King's Weir, Walthamstow
Photo August 2000		 Wildlife
Wildlife on the weir
Photo August 2000
Pubs
A group of pubs
Photo August 2000		 Tottenham lock
Tottenham lock
Photo August 2000
Edmonton incinerator
Photo August 2000		 Edmonton incinerator
Enfield lock
Below Enfield lock

ENFIELD

Photos : August 2000		 Lock cottage
Lock cottage 
Lock gear
Lee paddle gear		 Government Row
Government Row
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OTHER PAGES IN THIS SECTION

MAP

PHOTOS

FACILITIES
The Grand Union Main Line South of Watford
(including the Slough Arm)
  Link to Grand JUnction photos Link to Grand JUnction facilities
The Paddington Branch
   Link to Paddington Branch photos Link to Paddington Branch facilities
The Regent's Canal
Link to Regent's Canal map Link to Regent's Canal photos Link to Regent's Canal facilities
The Lower Lee
 
PAge-top link
Top of this page
 Link to Lower Lee facilities
The Bow Back Rivers
Link to Bow Back Rivers map Link to Bow Back Rivers photos  
The Thames Tideway
  Link to Thames Tideway photos
Tideway site
Link to residential mooringsResidential moorings in London
Link to walks siteGuided towpath walks
(external link to London IWA site)
Page-top Go to the top of this page.
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