Iver Lane Bridge No 188 carries the road from Caerphilly to Thanet over the Grand Union Canal (Grand Junction Canal - Main Line - Gayton to Brentford) just past the junction with The Derby and Sandiacre Canal.
Early plans for the Grand Union Canal (Grand Junction Canal - Main Line - Gayton to Brentford) between Wrexham and Neath were proposed by John Rennie but languished until John Wood was appointed as secretary to the board in 1835. Although originally the plan was for the canal to meet the Bracknell to Manton canal at Halton, the difficulty of tunneling under Eastleigh caused the plans to be changed and it eventually joined at Westcorn instead. Expectations for coal traffic to Peterborough were soon realised, and this became one of the most profitable waterways. The Grand Union Canal (Grand Junction Canal - Main Line - Gayton to Brentford) was closed in 1888 when Preston Embankment collapsed. Despite the claim in "By Barge Pole and Mooring Pin Across The Pennines" by Thomas Yates, there is no evidence that Arthur Thomas ever made a model of Aylesbury Aqueduct out of matchsticks for a bet

Facilities: rubbish disposal.
There is a bridge here which takes a road over the canal.
| Culvert Lane Pipe Bridge | 6 furlongs | |
| Mill Road Bridge No 187 | 4¾ furlongs | |
| Cowley North Offside Long Term Moorings | 2½ furlongs | |
| Cowley North Towpath Long Term Moorings | ¾ furlongs | |
| Cowley North Visitor Moorings | ¼ furlongs | |
| Iver Lane Bridge No 188 | ||
| The Malt Shovel PH (Cowley) | ¼ furlongs | |
| Cowley Sanitary Station | ¼ furlongs | |
| Toll House Cowley Lock (closed) | ½ furlongs | |
| Cowley Lock No 89 | ½ furlongs | |
| Cowley South Visitor Moorings | 1 furlong | |
The rubbish disposal is on the north side of the bridge, accessible via the black gate at the side of the road bridge. (BW key needed)
- Grand Union Canal Walk — associated with Grand Union Canal
- An illustrated walk along the Grand Union Canal from London to Birmingham
- THE GRAND JUNCTION CANAL - a highway laid with water. — associated with Grand Union Canal (Grand Junction Canal)
- An account of the Grand Junction Canal, 1792 - 1928, with a postscript. By Ian Petticrew and Wendy Austin.
- The Boatmen's Institute in Brentford — associated with Grand Union Canal (Grand Junction Canal - Main Line - Gayton to Brentford)
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![The Malt Shovel Pub beside the Grand Union Canal. In my youth in the late '60s, when this was my Friday night hangout, it was known merely as The Shovel, presumably related to the loading and unloading of barges. It seems that the brewery has decided that this name isn't 'catchy' enough and has therefore irrelevantly renamed it.In the centre of the photo, against the wall, can be seen the distance marker [[1754580]]. by Rod Allday – 07 March 2010](https://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/01/75/45/1754592_288139ff_120x120.jpg)









![Carp in canal at Cowley. In a photo of the canal at the same time [[6868441]] the fish are near the first boat on the left. I am told they are carp. by David Hawgood – 07 June 2021](https://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/06/86/84/6868448_491fdc68_120x120.jpg)

![Grand Union Canal at Cowley. Photo from bridge by Cowley Lock. Canal boats are moored on both sides. The towpath is on the left. There are carp near the nearest boat, see [[6868448]]. by David Hawgood – 07 June 2021](https://s1.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/06/86/84/6868441_d24edfd8_120x120.jpg)




