Hackney Cut

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canalised river section navigation cut waterway

Hackney Cut is a man-made canalised section of the River Lea in East London, built to straighten the river for navigation and improve waterborne transport.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Hackney Cut canonical 1
Hackney Cut Lock 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf canalised river section ⓘ
navigation cut ⓘ
waterway ⓘ
connectsWith Lee Navigation ⓘ
River Lea ⓘ
surface form: Old River Lea
constructionType man-made ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
flowsTo Bow Back Rivers vicinity ⓘ
River Lee Navigation downstream towards Bow ⓘ
followsWatercourse River Lea ⓘ
hasBank east bank towpath ⓘ
west bank urban development ⓘ
hasFeature towpath ⓘ
hasLock Hackney Cut self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Hackney Cut Lock

Lee Conservancy locks system ⓘ
Old Ford Lock ⓘ
hasRecreationalUse angling ⓘ
cycling along towpath ⓘ
historicalUse freight traffic ⓘ
industrial transport ⓘ
locatedIn East End of London ⓘ
East London ⓘ
England ⓘ
London, England ⓘ
surface form: London

Lea Valley ⓘ
surface form: Lower Lea Valley

United Kingdom ⓘ
maintainedBy Canal & River Trust ⓘ
nearbyLandUse light industry ⓘ
parks and marshland ⓘ
residential areas ⓘ
partOf Lee Conservancy ⓘ
Lee Navigation ⓘ
River Lea ⓘ
passesNear Hackney Marshes ⓘ
Homerton ⓘ
Old Ford ⓘ
passesThrough London Borough of Hackney ⓘ
London Borough of Tower Hamlets ⓘ
purpose to improve waterborne transport ⓘ
to straighten the River Lea for navigation ⓘ
region Greater London ⓘ
use navigation ⓘ
recreational boating ⓘ
towpath walking ⓘ
waterwaySystem River Lea ⓘ
surface form: River Lea system

Thames river basin ⓘ
waterwayType canalised section of river ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

River Lea → hasStructure → Hackney Cut ⓘ
Hackney Cut → hasLock → Hackney Cut self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hackney Cut Lock