Boats on Regent's Canal, London mb-width 4810 Regent's Canal

Regent's Canal

A ragged urchin with torch in right hand and a hat in left hand advances towards them from an awaiting coach

alongside which lies a sword inscribed Blucher's carving Knife

'The Wreck'

Interior view of the Royal Exchange

Boats on Regent's Canal, London mb-width 4810 Regent's CanalBoats on Regent's Canal, London, c1905. The Regent's Canal, connecting the Paddington Canal and the Thames at Limehouse, was opened in 1820. The canal cost 772,000 to construct, twice the amount originally estimated. In 1929 the Regent's Canal Company purchased the Grand Junction and Warwick Canals, merging the three waterways to create the Grand Union Canal.