Waterworks River

Waterworks River

Waterworks River is a tidal river in the London Borough of Newham, one of the Bow Back Rivers that flow into the Bow Creek part of the River Lee, which in turn flows into the River Thames.

The river is an artificial channel, cut for the East London Waterworks Company in 1743, from the Old River Lee channel (above Old Ford Lock), to supply a reservoir at Saynes Mill, Stratford. It was widened to convert|100|ft|m|1 in the 1930s, as part of a project to prevent flooding in Stratford. The channel is lined with concrete slabs.

The river will form the border between the Aquatics Centre and the Olympic Stadium.

ee also

*Rivers of the United Kingdom

External links

* [http://www.britishwaterways.co.uk/olympics/history/index.php "Bow Back Rivers – A Potted History"] (British Waterways)

References


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