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Dist:0.0km north<br/>View SE down Regent's Canal from near Ben Johnson Road Bridge, towards Canary Wharf [[TQ3780]]
©Pierre Terre
Dist:0.0km north<br/>The London, Tilbury & Southend Railway crosses Regent's Canal near Bow common
©Pierre Terre
Dist:0.1km north<br/>Canary Wharf Tower is visible under threatening skies beyond the old chimney whose function I have failed to discover...
©Nigel Cox
Dist:0.1km north<br/>I could see warm air rising from this chimney but I am not sure of its purpose.
©ANDY FISH
Dist:0.2km north<br/>Parnham street footbridge over the Regent's canal by Salmon lane lock with further redevelopment underway
©Shaun Ferguson
Dist:0.2km north<br/>Stepney suffered greatly during the Blitz, and there was a desperate need in the immediate post-war years not only to re-house people whose homes had been destroyed but also to cater for demobilized service personnel returning home to civilian life. The Limehouse Fields Estate was one of the main developments to solve these problems. Three different types of housing can be seen here. The nearest, and somewhat unusually green, houses are Donoghue Cottages, built in 1949. Further down the road, which is Galsworthy Avenue, are some more recent (1990s?) houses, while in the distance is a towerblock, probably dating from the 1960s.
©Nigel Cox
Dist:0.2km north<br/>The footbridge was commissioned in 2003 to replace an older crossing. An ancient footpath crosses the canal here, leading from Limehouse to St Dunstan’s Church. It passed through a field belonging to a nineteenth century land owner, a Mr Parnham. Today the footbridge joins Parnham Street with Carr Street and Repton Street. [[787906]] can be seen under the footbridge.
©Nigel Cox
Dist:0.2km north<br/>Salmon Lane Lock is a double lock and Lock Number 11 from Little Venice at Paddington. The near bottom lock gates are new, having been replaced in 2007.
©Nigel Cox
Dist:0.2km north<br/>Regent's Canal below Salmon Lane Lock, with New Parnham St footbridge completed in Feb 2005.
©Pierre Terre
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©John Salmon
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©John Salmon
Dist:0.3km north<br/>The stadium was originally built as the King George V Stadium with a cinder running track. It subsequently became known as the East London Stadium, and then became the Mile End Stadium when it was reopened with a synthetic running track in 1990.
©Nigel Cox
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©John Salmon
Dist:0.3km north<br/>Regent's Canal north of Commercial road - pipe bridge and abutment of former ' Limehouse Curve' railway bridge built in 1880 to link the Blackwall railway to Bow. Behind is Salmon's Lane Bridge.
©Pierre Terre
Dist:0.3km north<br/>Built 1960, architects Maquire & Murray.
©John Salmon

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