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well done mate... sterling effort indeed....although I am beginning to see it a little further to the east , certainly the part by the tree surgeons... I cant wait to come and have a look myself.. I may pop down next week. (also...apparently the Dalrymple rd bridge was post Railway, there was no bri...

On all the older maps I've seen, there is an Observatory marked at 'Observatory house, on the corner ofHonor Oak Rd and Forest Hill Rd.

here are a few examples

thats Duncombe Hill, with Lowther Hill behind, leading up to Blythe Hill, with whats called a ' proposed park' on the old maps, enclosed by the houses.

well, heres one, to start with...
at the end of Brenchley Gardens, before demolition.

by the way,
If we do find a lock or a boathouse....shall we have a go at the crystal palace pneumatic Railway next??

Does anyone know of an image of the railway bridge over Forest Hill Rd at Brenchley Gardens, or any views of the Crystal Palace High Level line between the old Honor Oak Station and Nunhead. Also; Are there any views of the old Observatory at the junction between Forest Hill rd and Honor Oak Rd? (or...

...Now I can see how Doo'd Wharf is so visible through the bridge in the drawings...

I've already twisted the canal round at honor oak.. that image was painted from just under lock 26, so the canal would have curved round, after the lock ...youre right. that map sounds perfect....just the job.if you do go today, try and get a few photos from the painting's vantage points.... that ma...

Just a thought. taking my own advice, and following the signs.... Could this be the towpath through honour Oak? check out this set; http://www.flickr.com/photos/22829730@N07/sets/72157603813699450 if this is the case, the position of at least 2 locks seem to jump right out.. The 'towpath' line needs...

...oh, I just heard that theres a link to the map on the Croydon Canal page of the Canal Museum website.

http://www.canalmuseum.org.uk/history/croydon.htm

map updated! ...mainly following the green line.... I reckon the pools at the bends may well have changed shape over the years...and the channel would become narrower as the years pass after closure. I reckon the Wharf would be well covered up by the railway spoil, but it'd be good to try and place ...

i've updated based on your 1854 allignment...then i followed the trees... all good stuff... it seems the canal Did go through the Dartmouth arms yard, next to which was an inlet next to the bridge...a mooring? also, it did pass through the obvious line behind the houses in woodcombe crescent... we s...

I'm glad all these bits and bobs are coming in handy...

they certainly are mate!
This is something I've always wanted to do since i first heard about the canal in the '60's...so, at long last then, eh?

heres a map from 1799;

excellent stuff mate. its not too far out at all.. I suspected it was more curvy ...but the book says it was over 50 feet wide at the bend here...so this may be the central, deepest part of the original channel.. excellent stuff. the main reason for the width anomalies on google earth is mainly tech...

yes, I agree. The Dartmouth Arms would have had moorings so near the bridge, at a junction, but there is nothing on the maps to suggest a wharf of any size. I agree about the course of bricks/ stones under the facing stones. Interesting to hear about that post...I wonder if anyone else has anything ...

...i mean to the left , of course...(its been a long day.

This does have the shape and scale to fit the bill. whereas a lot of the canal would have been simply grass embanked, around the swing bridges, there would have been facing like this. It does imply the area to the right of the stones is the course of the canal itself.... I believe, from memory it wa...

I'd love to see Steve's talk and meet up, sadly, I'm a bit out of commision till I heal up a bit more... but , yes...I cant wait to actually see these places again, its been a few years now...and I've got a whole new take on the area since I started delving again. I'm well up for supervising any div...

sounds great!
one at a time though, eh?