Hackney Cut
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The Hackney Cut is an artificial channel of the Lee Navigation built in England in 1769 by the River Lea Trustees to straighten and improve the Navigation. It begins at the Middlesex Filter Beds Weir, below Lea Bridge, and is situated in the (modern) London Borough of Hackney. When built it contained two pound locks and a half-lock, but was rebuilt to handle larger barges in the 1850s, and now only Old Ford Lock, which is actually a duplicated pair, remains.
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Hackney Cut | |
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Specifications | |
Locks | 1 pair |
Status | Open |
Navigation authority | Canal and River Trust |
History | |
Date of act | 1767 |
Date of first use | 1769 |
Geography | |
Start point | Lea Bridge |
End point | Old Ford |
Connects to | (part of) Lee Navigation |
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