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THE WESTERN SECTION The Western section was constucted during the reign of King Henry VIII to augment the flow supplying existing mills and facilitating the constructiion of new ones, a source of revenue for the Duke Of Northumberland's estate. This section diverts waters from the River Colne at Longford , flowing eastwards to the River Crane . For a large part of its early course, it flows alongside its younger "twin", the Longford River . Both waterways have recently been diverted as part of the works associated with the Construction Of Terminal 5 . They skirt the western and southern perimeter of Heathrow Airport then separate at ''The Two Bridges'' in Bedfont , to the south east of Terminal 4 . The Duke's river then flows east to join the Crane in Donkey Wood, by Baber Bridge, to the west of Hounslow Heath . THE EASTERN SECTION The eastern section diverts water from the River Crane, London in Knellar park Whitton , north-eastwards past The Stoop and Twickenham Stadium , through Isleworth , originally to the Mill then onwards to supply the ornamental ponds in the |
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