
At the London Canal Museum you can see inside a narrowboat cabin, learn about the history of London's canals, about the cargoes carried, the people who lived and worked on the waterways, and the horses that pulled their boats. Peer down into the unique heritage of a huge Victorian ice well used to store ice imported from Norway and brought by ship and canal boat to be stored.
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04 July 2013
Illustrated Talk. The Work of the Port of London Authority Harbourmaster, by Mark Towens, Deputy Harbour Master [Upper]...
07 November 2013
Illustrated Talk: The Canal Pioneers: Brindley's School of Engineers. by Chris Lewis. James Brindley is recognised as one...
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This iron horseshoe is fitted and with a lip or a "toe clip" at the front where it would have been attached to the horses' hoof. A typical shoe...
This wall crane was originally used in a general warehouse. Wall cranes were often seen atop or on the side of canalside buildings, and were used...
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This trail explores the historical past of the building in which the London Canal Museum is now housed. The ice wells at 12-13 New Wharf Road (Now...
This trail explores what life was like aboard a narrowboat from the 19th century to present day London.

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