The New River north of Ridge Avenue, N21
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The New River north of Ridge Avenue, N21
Image: © Mike Quinn Taken: 14 Oct 2015
See Image Shows the location of Image For most of its original course, the New River followed the contours of the land up the valleys of the small tributaries of the River Lea (or Lee), resulting in many loops to the west and back again - see for example Image At Salmon’s Brook in Bush Hill, the valley was quite narrow, and a wooden trough, 5 ft wide, 5 ft deep, and over 200 yards long, was built to cross it, supported on wooden arches up to 24 ft high. A bridge was built over the brook; this was replaced by an arch in 1682 when the Earl of Clarendon was Governor of the New River Company. The timber frame was raised by 1 ft in 1725. Over 170 years later, in the mid-1780s, Robert Mylne replaced the trough with the clay-lined earth embankment shown in this photo. See also Image
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Image Location
Latitude
51.637437
Longitude
-0.089193