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Opening of Camden to Limehouse Section

When
1 August 1820
Where
Camden to Limehouse section
Part of
Regent's Canal completed through to the London Docks

The final section of the Regent's Canal, including the Islington Tunnel and Limehouse Basin, opened on 1 August 1820.

This section connected the canal to the River Thames in east London. It included the Regent's Canal Dock, used for transferring cargo from seafaring vessels to canal barges, now known as Limehouse Basin.

Sources

  1. Regent's Canal Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-17

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