Limehouse Cut looking south from Commercial Road, Stepney, London mb-artistname W Summers Portrait of the well-known artist

Portrait of the well-known artist and architect

Double London Bridge proposed by George Dance the Younger as part of general improvements to the Port of London

from the north bank of the River Thames

who is lifted form the ground by their efforts

figures and a covered cart can be seen on the street

Limehouse Cut looking south from Commercial Road, Stepney, London mb-artistname W Summers Portrait of the well-known artistLimehouse Cut looking south from Commercial Road, Stepney, London, c1925. Authorised by an Act of Parliament in 1766, Limehouse Cut is the oldest canal in London. It was built to provide a direct link between the Thames and the River Lee Navigation.