Old Ford Lock (Regent's Canal)

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Old Ford Lock No. 8
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Old Ford Lock, 2008
Old Ford Lock (Regent's Canal)
51°31′57″N0°02′44″W / 51.532428°N 0.045630°W / 51.532428; -0.045630
Waterway Regent's Canal
County Tower Hamlets
Greater London
Maintained by Canal & River Trust
Fall8 feet (2.4 m)
Distance to
Limehouse Basin 		1.9 miles (3.1 km)
Distance to
Paddington Basin 		7 miles (11.3 km)

Old Ford Lock is a lock on the Regent's Canal, between Globe Town and Old Ford in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets.

The associated lock cottage, [1] and stables [2] were designated Grade II listed buildings in 1990. Thames lighters using the canal would have horses provided by the operators of the canal. Horses would be changed at City Road Lock - where the canal enters the Islington Tunnel - and at Camden Lock. [3]

The lock has facilities for taking on water and for disposal of rubbish and chemical-toilet waste.

References

  1. ↑ Historic England. "Details from listed building database (1357545)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 9 December 2008.
  2. ↑ Historic England. "Details from listed building database (1065739)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 9 December 2008.
  3. ↑ Old Ford lock (Mike Stevens canal site) accessed 9 December 2008
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