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Lee and Stort Navigation - Bow Back Rivers (Three Mills Wall River)

 
 

Early plans of what would become the Lee and Stort Navigation - Bow Back Rivers (Three Mills Wall River) were drawn up by Hugh Henshall in 1816 but problems with Scarborough Tunnel caused delays and it was finally opened on 17 September 1835. In Edward Smith's "It Gets a Lot Worse Further Up" he describes his experiences passing through Ipswich Embankment during the General Strike.

Information about the waterway

The Lee and Stort Navigation - Bow Back Rivers (Three Mills Wall River) is a commercial waterway and is part of the Lee and Stort Navigation (Bow Back Rivers). It runs for 2¼ furlongs from Waterworks River - Three Mills Wall River Junction (where it joins the Lee and Stort Navigation - Bow Back Rivers (St. Thomas Creek) and the Lee and Stort Navigation - Bow Back Rivers (Waterworks River)) to Three Mills Moorings (which is a dead end).

The exact dimensions of the largest boat that can travel on the waterway are not known. The maximum headroom is not known. The maximum draught is not known.

It has a junction with the Lee and Stort Navigation - Bow Back Rivers (Prescott Channel) at Three Mills - Prescott Junction.

The navigational authority for this waterway is Canal & River Trust
Canal & River Trust
Canal & River Trust  0303 040 4040
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Relevant publications — Waterway Maps:

Relevant publications — Waterway Guides:

Waterworks River - Three Mills Wall River Junction
Stratford High Street Bridge ¼ furlongs 0 locks
Three Mills - Prescott Junction
Junction of the Three Mills Wall River with the Prescott Channel and the Three Mills Residential Moorings Arm		 1¾ furlongs 0 locks
Sugar House Island Footbridge 2 furlongs 0 locks
Three Mills Moorings 2¼ furlongs 0 locks
 
 
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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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