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4 unusual facts about Hertford Union Canal


Hertford Union Canal

With Francis Giles appointed as engineer, the canal opened in 1830 and was for some years known as Duckett's Canal or Duckett's Cut.

It was acquired by the Regents Canal Company in 1857, and became part of the Grand Union Canal in 1927.

It allowed traffic on the Lea heading for the Thames to bypass the tidal, tortuous and often silted Bow Back Rivers of the Lea via a short stretch of the Regent's Canal, and provided a short-cut from the Lea to places west along the Regent's Canal.

The canal starts at Hertford Union Junction between Mile End Lock and Old Ford Lock on the Regent's Canal.



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