Saturday strolls around East London led us here: the Architect & the Interior Designer.

15:20 Saturday March 4, 2017.

The Regent’s Canal, City Road Lock 5

Fact: As with all of the other locks on the canal, City Road Lock was built as a pair of locks. The use of paired locks was partly to save water, as water could be transferred between the locks, rather than all of it being discharged into the lower pound when a lock was emptied. This made operation of the locks more complex, and so they were permanently manned during the heyday of the canal, with lock-keepers working a shift system to provide 24-hour cover.