Battlebridge Basin
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|name = Battlebridge Basin
|image = Basin on the Regent Canal east of York Way Kings Cross - geograph.org.uk - 793708.jpg
|image_caption = Battlebridge Basin from the main canal
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|date_completed = 1822
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|status = Open
|navigation_authority = Canal & River Trust
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Battlebridge Basin is a canal basin in King's Cross, in the London Borough of Islington. It is located off the Regent's Canal.
Current use
The basin contains a number of residential moorings. It is the site of the London Canal Museum, opened in 1992, the London offices of academic publisher Springer Nature Group, and Kings Place development completed in 2008 and home to The Guardian. It is around {{convert|140|m|ft}} long and {{convert|50|m|ft}} wide. Sixteen Moorings along the southside are part of the London Narrowboat Company,battlebridgemoorings.co.uk and further moorings to the East side Ice Wharf, Run by the Canal & River Trust.
History
The basin was constructed in 1820 at the same time as the second half of the canal from Camden Town to Limehouse, though the wharf buildings were not completed until 1822.{{Cite web|title=History|publisher=Battlebridge Moorings|url=http://www.battlebridgemoorings.co.uk/history.htm}} It was originally known as Horsfall Basin after the original landowner, and later as Maiden Lane Basin. Its current name comes from the former name for the King's Cross area, named after an ancient bridge over the River Fleet.
The canal museum buildings were used in the second half of the 19th century and early 20th century for the storage of ice from Norway and its distribution to the surrounding area.{{cite web|title=Ice House the Building 12-13 New North Road|publisher=London Canal Museum|url=http://www.canalmuseum.org.uk/ice/index.html}}
See also
References
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