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Photos of the river fleet.

Algarveaddick
Algarveaddick Posts: 21,175
in Not Sports Related
A friend of mine posted a link to these on Facebook, thought some of the history buffs on here might be interested.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/themandownstairs/8145454461/in/photostream/

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  • masicat
    masicat Posts: 5,012
    One of my passions ' the lost rivers of London'. You can still hear the Fleet under Farringdon Rd at one point. Was known as the red river due to the blood from the slaughter at Smithfields.
  • DRF
    DRF Posts: 2,455
    Our old office in Leytonstone has a river under it. We regularily had to pump out the basement. It is now owned by some dodgy eastend gang lord who used it to launder money (allegedly).
  • Richard J
    Richard J Posts: 8,034
    There are two excellent books on this subject called 'The Lost Rivers of London' by Nicholas Barton and 'London's Lost Rivers'by Paul Talling for those interested.
  • iainment
    iainment Posts: 8,041
    DRF said:

    Our old office in Leytonstone has a river under it. We regularily had to pump out the basement. It is now owned by some dodgy eastend gang lord who used it to launder money (allegedly).

    The river water was used to launder money? Or the premises?

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