Three Mills Wall River Weir

Three Mills Wall River Weir is a weir on the River Lea, in the London Borough of Newham, near to Three Mills.

The weir has been constructed across the Three Mills Wall River (also known as Shortwall) by British Waterways[1] to control the levels in the Bow Back Rivers and make then navigable for barges during the Olympic Park, London construction phase and after the games, in conjunction with the Three Mills Lock, a lock.

The weir leads restricts the House Mill and Clock Mill mill pound, which used to extend to the Lea Bridge Sluices at Lea Bridge Road. The lock and weir came into operation in 2009.[2][3]

Notes

  1. ^ Revitalising London’s Olympic Waterways (British Waterways) accessed 29 March 2010
  2. ^ [1]
  3. ^ [2]
Counties
Locks
Weirs
Hertford Union Canal
(branch, below Old Ford)
Limehouse Cut
(branch, at Bow Locks)
Bow Back Rivers
(branches of the
Old River Lea)
Three Mills Lock · City Mill Lock · Carpenter's Road Lock (defunct) · Marshgate Lane Lock (defunct) · Three Mills Wall River Weir
(These rivers form the waterways within the 2012 Olympic Park - they flow into Bow Creek)

See also

References

  1. ^ Revitalising London’s Olympic Waterways (British Waterways) accessed 29 March 2010
  2. ^ [1]
  3. ^ [2]