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Cumberland Basin (London)

Canal basins in England and WalesFormer buildings and structures in the London Borough of CamdenLondon docksRegent's CanalTransport in the London Borough of Camden
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Cumberland Basin (or Cumberland Market Basin) was a canal basin near to Euston railway station in London, England and a part of the Regent's Canal. It was originally known as Jew's Harp Basin in the 1880s, after a nearby public house. The basin's excavation was authorised in 1813 to serve Cumberland Market and then-industrial "New Road" and in 1941-1942 was filled back in chiefly using rubble from the London Blitz of those years and the previous year.

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Cumberland Basin (London)
Augustus Street, London Fitzrovia (London Borough of Camden)

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