The western entrance to Pentonville Tunnel, Regent's Canal, London mb-height 4782 Herr Sommers' Band

Herr Sommers' Band

View of Beresford White House

Two riders prepare to ford the brook

as in the Biblical creation of Eve from Adam's rib

with pedestrians and horse drawn carriages

The western entrance to Pentonville Tunnel, Regent's Canal, London mb-height 4782 Herr Sommers' BandThe western entrance to Pentonville Tunnel, Regent's Canal, London, c1905. The Regent's Canal, connecting the Paddington Canal and the Thames at Limehouse, was opened in 1820. The canal cost 772,000 to construct, twice the amount originally estimated. In 1929 the Regent's Canal Company purchased the Grand Junction and Warwick Canals, merging the three waterways to create the Grand Union Canal.