Site of Bell Wharf 
Site of Bell Wharf is on the Lee and Stort Navigation (Limehouse Cut).
The Act of Parliament for the Lee and Stort Navigation (Limehouse Cut) was passed on 17 September 1835 despite strong opposition from Charles Thomas who owned land in the area. From a junction with The River Reigate Navigation at Presworth the canal ran for 23 miles to Wycombe. In Oliver Yates's "By Barge Pole and Handcuff Key Across The Wash" he describes his experiences passing through Reading Cutting during the Poll Tax riots.

Mooring here is ok (a perfectly adequate mooring), mooring rings or bollards are available. Mooring is limited to 14 days. Mooring rings extend 120m along the towpath, but the canal wall is high and access may be difficult.
| Atlantic Wharf | 2 furlongs | |
| Site of Pioneer Wharf | 1½ furlongs | |
| Violet Road Bridge No 3 | ¾ furlongs | |
| Site of Caspian Wharf | ½ furlongs | |
| Limehouse Cut Railway Bridge No 2 | ¼ furlongs | |
| Site of Bell Wharf | ||
| Blackwall Tunnel Approach Road Bridge No 1 | 1½ furlongs | |
| Site of Bromley Stop Lock No 20 | 1¾ furlongs | |
| Head of Bow Locks | 2¾ furlongs | |
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![Docklands Light Railway bridge over Limehouse Cut. Building development is changing the character of the scene in [[949742]], as apartments go up on the Strong and Hoe site between the DLR bridge and Violet Road. by Derek Harper – 12 January 2011](https://s3.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/02/25/22/2252219_579222e3_120x120.jpg)











![Limehouse Cut. The canal (see also http://www.geograph.org.uk/search.php?i=18757043) runs across the southeast corner of the square. On the right is the four-storey building shown in [[2193645]], which is mapped as the Poplar Centre of Hackney College, but since 1994 it has been the home of the Limehouse Arts Foundation http://www.limehouseartsfoundation.org/pages/about.html . by Derek Harper – 12 January 2011](https://s3.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/02/25/21/2252155_4864ced9_120x120.jpg)

![View towards the City, from flats on Teviot Street. Another picture of the former Spratt's factory can be seen at [[2252235]].The block of deck-access flats from which this view westwards was taken was subsequently demolished and replaced by low-rise housing. by Christopher Hilton – 12 January 1986](https://s3.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/08/14/16/8141675_f17d4bf8_120x120.jpg)




![Poplar: Former Spratts' Pet Food factory (1). Spratts built their factory in Poplar, backing onto [[934886]], in 1899. The proximity to the canalized cut allowed fish heads to be brought in directly from the docks for processing into pet food. This is the main factory entrance in Morris Road. Judging by the fact that only the T and the S remain out of the Spratts name the chimney at the right must have been considerably taller at one time! The factory has now been converted into flats. by Nigel Cox – 19 August 2008](https://s1.geograph.org.uk/photos/93/50/935025_4350f2dd_120x120.jpg)

