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- 28 Jan 2008 16:59
- Forum: Town Museum & Gallery
- Topic: Pictures of the Croydon Canal
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I've just had an interesting email... ...it may be possible to get access to the site of the boat yard inlet and the reed bed sections of the canal in Devonshire rd nature reserve, for a bit of a root about..if you're interested, Falkor.... I am particularly intrighued by what my be extant where the...
- 28 Jan 2008 14:41
- Forum: Town Museum & Gallery
- Topic: Pictures of the Croydon Canal
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Good job, Will! I still plan to check how accurate your section is on Anerley using the 1837 enclosure map + 1852 Crystal Palace Estate map. Cheers Falkor. Indeed! both this section and the New Cross section still need work... and then theres the croydon end... but a pictutre is certainly developin...
- 28 Jan 2008 12:18
- Forum: Town Museum & Gallery
- Topic: Pictures of the Croydon Canal
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- 28 Jan 2008 12:12
- Forum: Town Museum & Gallery
- Topic: Pictures of the Croydon Canal
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- 28 Jan 2008 12:06
- Forum: Town Museum & Gallery
- Topic: Pictures of the Croydon Canal
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- 27 Jan 2008 15:49
- Forum: Town Museum & Gallery
- Topic: Pictures of the Croydon Canal
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Hi I've just updated the Google Earth map with some of the images from this post, along with placemarks etc... ..and I reckon the Honor Oak locks are much more accurate this time (I'm sure there'll be some debate about my choice of siting, but thats part of the fun, eh?) http://maps.google.com/maps/...
- 26 Jan 2008 20:54
- Forum: Town Museum & Gallery
- Topic: Pictures of the Croydon Canal
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- 26 Jan 2008 20:34
- Forum: Town Museum & Gallery
- Topic: Pictures of the Croydon Canal
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- 26 Jan 2008 12:59
- Forum: Town Museum & Gallery
- Topic: Pictures of the Croydon Canal
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i'm in somerset...but my mum lives in Forest Hill so thats not a problem... (my digging abilities may be diminished due to a cracked rib etc, but if we can sort it for late february or so...that'd be wonderful.) ....gives us time to get the measurements as close as possible too. email me when you ha...
- 26 Jan 2008 12:23
- Forum: Town Museum & Gallery
- Topic: Pictures of the Croydon Canal
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- 26 Jan 2008 12:20
- Forum: Town Museum & Gallery
- Topic: Pictures of the Croydon Canal
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aah! Now you're talking! If you reckon we could get away with it, I'm well up for such a venture. (If you set it it up, i'll head up to london...) I'm pretty sure we could locate all the locks in situ, but only locks 23 - 24 look diggable, (but 24 seems to be in the cemetary.)...part of lock 22 may ...
- 26 Jan 2008 10:54
- Forum: Town Museum & Gallery
- Topic: Pictures of the Croydon Canal
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- 23 Jan 2008 19:46
- Forum: Town Museum & Gallery
- Topic: Pictures of the Croydon Canal
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This is brilliant stuff, Falkor. I was looking at the picture of what is supposed to be the top lock. It only has 2 sets of gates, instead of 3, and the swing bridge is straight over..... if there was a lockkeepers cottage at brockley road, this is more likely to be where the photo was taken from. s...
- 23 Jan 2008 12:58
- Forum: Town Museum & Gallery
- Topic: Crystal Palace Programme 1908
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- 23 Jan 2008 12:39
- Forum: Town Museum & Gallery
- Topic: Aerial Photograph of the Croydon Canal!
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- 23 Jan 2008 12:02
- Forum: Town Museum & Gallery
- Topic: Aerial Photograph of the Croydon Canal!
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Falkor, would it be possible to get pages 120 - 121 of that very useful book? I've mapped the locks from 28 down to 11 at endwell rd...there are a few places where the measurements may be out...but that can be adjusted. There are quite a few interesting signs still apparent in the landscape as you s...
- 23 Jan 2008 08:09
- Forum: Town Museum & Gallery
- Topic: Aerial Photograph of the Croydon Canal!
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- 22 Jan 2008 20:23
- Forum: Town Museum & Gallery
- Topic: Aerial Photograph of the Croydon Canal!
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- 22 Jan 2008 19:51
- Forum: Town Museum & Gallery
- Topic: Aerial Photograph of the Croydon Canal!
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- 22 Jan 2008 19:05
- Forum: Town Museum & Gallery
- Topic: Aerial Photograph of the Croydon Canal!
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yep! I reckon you're right! I've added the amendments you suggested... I'll try to add the locks and bridges later... I found this regarding the dimensions..can you confirm these? 'The canal was built to be 34 feet (10 m) wide. It had a maximum depth of 5 feet (1.5 m). By 1811 there were 22 barges o...