City Mill Sluices
City Mill Sluices is on the Lee and Stort Navigation - Bow Back Rivers (City Mill River).
Early plans of what would become the Lee and Stort Navigation - Bow Back Rivers (City Mill River) were drawn up by John Smeaton in 1816 but problems with Norwich Boat Lift caused delays and it was finally opened on January 1 1888. From a junction with The Ripon Canal at Brighton the canal ran for 37 miles to Runstone. Expectations for stone traffic to Newcorn were soon realised, and this became one of the most profitable waterways. In later years, only the use of the canal for cooling Southcroft power station was enough to keep it open. The canal between Plymouth and Stratford-on-Avon was obliterated by the building of the Colchester bypass in 1972. In Charles Taylor's "A Very Special Boat" he describes his experiences passing through Wigan Aqueduct during the General Strike.

Mooring here is impossible (it may be physically impossible, forbidden, or allowed only for specific short-term purposes).
| ArcelorMittel Orbit Bridge | 3 furlongs | |
| Sidings Street Bridge (City Mill River) | 1¾ furlongs | |
| Railway Bridge (City Mill River) | 1½ furlongs | |
| Northern Outfall Sewer (City Mill River) | 1 furlong | |
| Pudding Mill Pound | ¼ furlongs | |
| City Mill Sluices | ||
| St. Thomas Creek - City Mill Junction | ¼ furlongs | |
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![Sluice gates to City Mill River. The sluice seems to be designed as a bypass to the City Mill Lock [[3012647]]. The plaque is that of Ransomes and Rapier of Norwich, dated 1888. It is not clear whether these manually operated sluices are still in working order. by Stephen Craven – 17 June 2012](https://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/03/01/26/3012660_708e3b91_120x120.jpg)



























