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Peter Heather wrote: and the underground mine workings in Merstham still exist (although not very accessible). 11 miles + still accessible, although the original haulage shaft (into what is now called Football Field on no 1 mine) is flooded and inaccessible from the Merstham end. |
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"Peter Heather" wrote
Also, there are two very obvious remanants of the Croydon Canal in the form of the original reservoir (now South Norwood Lake) and the length of canal now preserved in a park just off Anerley Hill (I think that's its name) There is a bridge parapet in Croydon which I recollect is reckoned to date back to the canal. It is over the W. Croydon rail line and is in either Sydenham Road or Gloucester Road, I can't remember which. There is a notch on the south side of Greenland Dock which seems to line up with the point where the canal came in. You can see it on the Multimap aerial photo. I believe also that the loop of road from Regina Road to Albert Road in S. Norwood follows the line of a meander which formed after the canal was closed. Not sure in what manner the closed canal was flowing to form a meander though! I am going from memory of having read a book on the subject, but that was quite a while ago. |
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"Henry" wrote in message ... "Peter Heather" wrote Also, there are two very obvious remanants of the Croydon Canal in the form of the original reservoir (now South Norwood Lake) and the length of canal now preserved in a park just off Anerley Hill (I think that's its name) There is a bridge parapet in Croydon which I recollect is reckoned to date back to the canal. It is over the W. Croydon rail line and is in either Sydenham Road or Gloucester Road, I can't remember which. There is a notch on the south side of Greenland Dock which seems to line up with the point where the canal came in. You can see it on the Multimap aerial photo. I believe also that the loop of road from Regina Road to Albert Road in S. Norwood follows the line of a meander which formed after the canal was closed. Not sure in what manner the closed canal was flowing to form a meander though! I am going from memory of having read a book on the subject, but that was quite a while ago. Having rechecked my source, the parapet is in Gloucester Road and the idea of the meander was complete imagination on my part, the loop of roads roughly follows the line of the canal itself. |
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On 3 Nov 2004 06:44:34 -0800, (Peter
Heather) wrote: Also, there are two very obvious remanants of the Croydon Canal in the form of the original reservoir (now South Norwood Lake) and the length of canal now preserved in a park just off Anerley Hill (I think that's its name) The park is called Betts Park. PRAR -- http://www.i.am/prar/ As long as people will accept crap, it will be financially profitable to dispense it. Dick Cavett Please reply to the newsgroup. That is why it exists. NB Anti-spam measures in force - If you must email me use the Reply to address and not |
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PRAR wrote:
The park is called Betts Park. Here's a web site with a blow by blow account of the route of the canal at the present day. http://www.canalsguide.co.uk/croydon/bhd-spbr.html |
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"Mark Annand" wrote in message
et PRAR wrote: The park is called Betts Park. Here's a web site with a blow by blow account of the route of the canal at the present day. http://www.canalsguide.co.uk/croydon/bhd-spbr.html Fantastic website, thanks for the link, I wonder if there's one somewhere for the Surrey Iron Railway. -- Posted via Mailgate.ORG Server - http://www.Mailgate.ORG |
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