Grand Union Canal: Clapham Terrace Winding Hole
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Grand Union Canal: Clapham Terrace Winding Hole
Image: © Nigel Cox Taken: 5 Sep 2012
A winding hole is a place along the canal which is much wider than the usual breadth, enabling long narrowboats to be turned through 180 degrees. The winding hole here is formed from the entrance to, and all that is left of, a short arm off the canal leading to a basin and wharves accessed from Clapham Terrace. The 1889 Edition of the old large scale Ordnance Survey mapping does not show the basin, but it is present on the 1905 Edition, and then continues to be up to the 1971 publication. The basin was then filled in and seven industrial units, of which this is one, were built, accessed from St Mary's Road instead of Clapham Terrace.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.281998
Longitude
-1.52253