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Prescott Channel

Canals in LondonCanals opened in 1935Lee NavigationMill MeadsStratford, London
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Prescott Channel
Prescott Channel

The Prescott Channel was built in 1930–35 as part of a flood relief scheme for the River Lee Navigation in the East End of London, England, and was named after Sir William Prescott, the then chairman of the Lee Conservancy Board. Rubble from the demolished Euston Arch was used in 1962 to improve the channel, which forms part of the Bow Back Rivers.

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Prescott Channel
3 Mills Island Towpath, London Stratford Marsh (London Borough of Newham)

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3 Mills Island Towpath
E15 2RG London, Stratford Marsh (London Borough of Newham)
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