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Bow Creek , and the connecting waterways, Prescott Channel , Channelsea River , Abbey Creek, Three Mills River , City Mill River and Waterworks River are all tidal. St Thomas Creek and the Old River Lee are not (being maintained at the same level as the Limehouse Cut ). The Navigation along these latter rivers has been maintained since 1424. From 1613, extraction of water for the canals linking with the network, and the artificial New River , supplying fresh water to the city from Hertfordshire , has caused water levels to fall in the non-navigable channels, and traditional water milling to cease. As part of the preparations for the 2012 Summer Olympics , some of the Bow Back Rivers are planned to be temporarily dammed. This will allow barges to deliver material, and remove spoil from the site, reducing pressure on the local road network. As the rivers cross the Olympic site, they will be restored before 2012, although they may be quite changed from their current condition. Also in the area and crossing the Back Rivers by a series of bridges is the Northern Outfall Sewer . It and Abbey Mill Pumping Station were, both designed by Joseph Bazalgette in the 1860s . Today, the route of the embankment that encloses the sewer from Bow to Beckton is followed by a public footpath, The Greenway . EXTERNAL LINKS |
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