Channelsea River is a tidal river in London, England, one of the Bow Back Rivers that flow into the Bow Creek part of the River Lea, which in turn flows into the River Thames.
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In 1957–8, the Channelsea River was culverted between Stratford High Street and Lett Road.[1]
In 1994, the historian Dan Cruickshank found 4,000 tons (60%) of the lost Euston Arch buried in the bed of the River Lea at the Channelsea River and the Prescott Channel.[2]
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Channelsea Island is in this river.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Bow Back Rivers – A Potted History Archived 7 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine (British Waterways) accessed 29 July 2008
- ^ Euston Arch to rise from depths
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