2014

TQ3784 : Carpenters Road Lock

taken 9 years ago, near to Stratford, Newham, England

Carpenters Road Lock
Carpenters Road Lock
Located in the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, the lock is being renovated alongside Newton's cottage where boats and barges once navigated through the River Lea LinkExternal link
Lea Navigation (Lee Navigation)

The Lee Navigation is a canalised river incorporating the River Lea (River Lee). It runs from Hertford Castle Weir to the River Thames at Bow Creek; its first lock is Hertford Lock and its last Bow Locks.
See Wikipedia article: LinkExternal link

Olympic Park, London

This is a sporting complex is being used for the 2012 Summer Olympics and the 2012 Summer Paralympics, situated to the east of the city adjacent to the Stratford City development. It contains the athletes' Olympic Village and several of the sporting venues including the Olympic Stadium and Aquatics Centre. The park is overlooked by ArcelorMittal Orbit, an observation tower and Britain's largest piece of public art. After the Olympics, the park will be known as Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, to commemorate the Diamond Jubilee of Elizabeth II.
See LinkExternal link for more details on the various parts of the park.


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Geographical Context: Rivers, Streams, Drainage Park and Public Gardens Place: Olympic Park Primary Subject: Lock other tags: Lock Click a tag, to view other nearby images.
This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · Olympic Park [641] · River Lea [381] · Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park [140] ·
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TQ3784, 1575 images   (more nearby 🔍)
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Paul Gillett   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Sunday, 30 November, 2014   (more nearby)
Submitted
Monday, 1 December, 2014
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! TQ 37684 84356 [1m precision]
WGS84: 51:32.4790N 0:0.9607W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! TQ 37690 84355
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