The Hertford Union Canal or Duckett's Cut, just over 1 mile (1.6 km) long, connects the Regent's Canal to the Lee Navigation in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets in East London. It was opened in 1830 but quickly proved to be a commercial failure. It was acquired by the Regents Canal Company in 1857, and became part of the Grand Union Canal in 1927.
Junction of Hertford Union Canal and River Lee Navigation
Hertford Union Top Lock No. 1
Hertford Union Middle Lock No. 2
Hertford Union Bottom Lock No. 3
Regent's Canal is a canal across an area just north of central London, England. It provides a link from the Paddington Arm of the Grand Union Canal, 550 yards (500 m) north-west of Paddington Basin in the west, to the Limehouse Basin and the River Thames in east London. The canal is 8.6 miles (13.8 km) long.
West portal of the Islington tunnel
Regent's Canal: Transfer certificate of 10 shares, issued 1 December 1818
The entrance to the Regent's Canal at Limehouse, 1823.
Macclesfield Bridge before the explosion. After the explosion it was also known as Blow Up Bridge.