Grand Surrey Canal
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The Grand Surrey Canal was a canal constructed in south London, England during the early 19th century. It opened to the Old Kent Road in 1807, to Camberwell in 1810, and to Peckham in 1826. Its main p
The Norway Cut swing bridge crosses a channel from Greenland Dock to the closed Norway dock
Croydon Canal
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The Croydon Canal ran 9+1⁄4 miles from Croydon, via Forest Hill, to the Grand Surrey Canal at New Cross in south London, England. It opened in 1809 and closed in 1836, the first canal to be abandoned
Grand Surrey Canal
…Eventually, three projects were submitted to parliament for approval. These were the Grand Surrey Canal, at the time called the Kent and Surrey Canal, the Croydon Canal linking Croydon and Rotherhithe, and the Surrey Iron Railway, a horse-drawn linking Croydon to Wandsworth, and all three were authorised in 1801. The…
A short section of the canal remains in Betts Park, Anerley
Modern roads built over and named for the canal
Anerley, 1860. This part of the canal remained, after closure, for pleasure boating