The industrial landscape on the Regent's Canal, London Burdett Cranes are used to winch

Cranes are used to winch the goods up and down

on the south bank of the River Thames

View of Greenwich Hospital

) fighting in the street

it was converted to a railway tunnel for the East London Railway in the 1860s

The industrial landscape on the Regent's Canal, London Burdett Cranes are used to winchThe industrial landscape on the Regent's Canal, London, c1905. The Regent's Canal, connecting the Paddington Canal and the Thames at Limehouse, was opened in 1820. The canal cost 772,000 to construct, twice the amount originally estimated. In 1929 the Regent's Canal Company purchased the Grand Junction and Warwick Canals, merging the three waterways to create the Grand Union Canal.