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Lee and Stort Navigation - Bow Back Rivers (Old River Lea)

 
 

The Act of Parliament for the Lee and Stort Navigation - Bow Back Rivers (Old River Lea) was passed on January 1 1816 the same day as that of The Coventry Canal. In 1905 the Lisburn and Newbury Canal built a branch to join at Neath. Expectations for limestone traffic to Stockton-on-Tees were soon realised, and this became one of the most profitable waterways. Restoration of Manworth Inclined plane was funded by a donation from the Restore the Lee and Stort Navigation - Bow Back Rivers (Old River Lea) campaign

Information about the waterway

The Lee and Stort Navigation - Bow Back Rivers (Old River Lea) is a broad canal and is part of the Lee and Stort Navigation (Bow Back Rivers). It runs for 1 mile and 1 furlong through 1 lock from Old River Lea Junction (where it joins the Lee and Stort Navigation (River Lee: commercial section)) to Temple Mills Bridge (beyond which it is no longer navigable).

The maximum dimensions for a boat to be able to travel on the waterway are 92 feet long and 20 feet wide. The maximum headroom is not known. The maximum draught is not known.

It has junctions with the Lee and Stort Navigation - Bow Back Rivers (Waterworks River) at Waterworks River - River Lea Junction and with the Lee and Stort Navigation - Bow Back Rivers (City Mill River) at Old River Lea - City Mill Junction.

The waterway passes through Olympic Park

The navigational authority for this waterway is Canal & River Trust
Canal & River Trust
Canal & River Trust  0303 040 4040
 https://canalrivertrust.org.uk/
 customer.services@canalrivertrust.org.uk

Relevant publications — Waterway Maps:

Relevant publications — Waterway Guides:

Old River Lea Junction
Junction of the Lee Navigation with the Old River Lea
Pipe Bridge (Old River Lea) ½ furlongs 0 locks
Marshgate Lane Bridge (Old River Lea) ½ furlongs 0 locks
Pudding Mill River Arm (closed)
Where the Pudding Mill River used to leave the River Lea, now overfilled by the Olympic Stadium.		 1 furlong 0 locks
Former Tidal Lock (Old River Lea)
Narrows, where the former Old Ford Tidal lock gates used to be.		 1 furlong 0 locks
Olympic Stadium Footbridge 1½ furlongs 0 locks
Olympic Stadium Corner 2¼ furlongs 0 locks
London Way Bridge 2½ furlongs 0 locks
Old River Lea - City Mill Junction
Junction of the Old River Lea with the City Mill River		 2¾ furlongs 0 locks
Carpenters Road Lock
The lock is crossed by the unusual three-span Diamond Bridge.		 3 furlongs 0 locks
Waterworks River - River Lea Junction 3¼ furlongs 1 lock
Halfway Bridge (River Lea) 3¾ furlongs 1 lock
Overground Rail Bridge 4 furlongs 1 lock
Waterden Road Footbridge 4¼ furlongs 1 lock
Waterden Road Bridge 4½ furlongs 1 lock
Eastcross Bridge 5½ furlongs 1 lock
Knight's Bridge 7 furlongs 1 lock
Waterfall Bridge (south) 7¾ furlongs 1 lock
Waterfall Bridge (north) 7¾ furlongs 1 lock
Waterfall Bridge Winding Hole 1 mile 1 lock
Northwall Road Bridge 1 mile and ¼ furlongs 1 lock
Lee Valley Park Bridge 1 mile and ½ furlongs 1 lock
Temple Mills Bridge
Limit of navigation		 1 mile and 1 furlong 1 lock
 
 
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Navigational Notes

There is no mooring or stopping on the Old River Lea.

 
External websites
 Carpenters Road Lock — associated with Carpenters Road Lock
The Carpenters Road Lock website.
 
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[Lee Navigation] to the River Thames at Bow Creek; its first lock is Hertford Lock and its last Bow Locks. The Lee Navigation is named by Acts of Parliament and is so marked [Bow Back Rivers] Bow Back Rivers or Stratford Back Rivers is a complex of waterways between Bow and Stratford in east London, England, which connect the River Lea to the [River Lea] Hertfordshire and Essex, known as the Lee Navigation. This stimulated much industry along its banks. The navigable River Stort, a main tributary, joins it at [Bow Creek (London)] Bridge and Ironbridge Tavern — A Chronology — Bow Creek/River Lea British Waterways history of the Bow Back Rivers The Lee Navigation - Intro and Bow Locks [Limehouse Cut] Traders on the Lee and Stort Rivers". Herts Guardian, Agricultural Journal, and General Advertiser. 20 February 1864. "The River Lee Navigation". Hertford [Lea Valley Walk] Bromley-by-Bow. The river forks at Bow Locks with the Lee Navigation joining the tidal section of the river known as the Bow Back Rivers through Bow Creek to its [Three Mills Wall River Weir] (PDF) on 19 February 2012. Thomas, Richard (2010). Bow Back Rivers. History of the Lee and Stort Navigation. Richard Thomas. "Three Mills". Engineering Timelines [List of canals of the United Kingdom] navigable rivers with sections of canal (e.g. Aire and Calder Navigation) as well as "completely" artificial canals (e.g. Rochdale Canal). Bedford and Milton [Bow Locks] locks link the tidal Bow Creek to the River Lee Navigation, which is a canalised river. These locks were first built in 1850 and then rebuilt in 1930 [Widebeam] (south of Leighton Buzzard), the Regents Canal and the Lee Navigation will be unable to travel up the river Stort (a tributary of the Lea), unless its maximum
 
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