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Camley Street Natural Park, right. Formerly railway sidings came overhead and dropped coal into large coal drops and traverser on this site, designed by Samuel Plimsol. It is now a wildlife sanctuary and education centre, well worth a visit. Railway coal and fish offices dominate the left side left of the canal. Go on to narrow section.
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Former Somers bridge. Note second stop gates. There was an entrance to a basin for the gas works just before the wide section of canal, built 1823. The Imperial Gas Light and Coke Company had coal for gas making delivered by barge and supplied King's Cross Station with gas for lighting.Go on to next bridge.
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Maiden Lane Bridge. The old name comes from "Midden" rather than "Maiden" - the road to a waste tip. A modern pumping station cools high voltage electricity cables under towpath, left. The bridge was rebuit in 1998. Go on to Basin.
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Battlebridge Basin built 1820-25. Originally called Horsfall Basin after William Horsfall the landowner. A flour mill, a jam factory, timber yards, a beer bottling works, and warehouses including the museum surrounded it. Go on to Islington Tunnel.
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