Twelve wide-beam locks and two tunnels. The Islington Tunnel is 960 yards long. The Maida Hill Tunnel is 272 yards long. Both tunnels are wide enough to allow two narrow boats to pass each other or a single wide-beam boat to navigate through.
Our 'Lock Count' includes Locks 1a & 1b which, ordinarily would be as a single lock. This 'Lock Counting' method is unique to just a handful of canals on the network.
Lock Gates
Tunnel AqueductOriginally proposed by Thomas Horner in 1802 Taking four years to build 1812 to 1816 and linking the GUC Paddington Arm to Limehouse and then on to the River Thames.
Running from Little Venice to Limehouse Basin, built at a time when the industrial revolution was very advanced and used to transport coal, bricks, wood, iron and steel.
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