The western entrance to Pentonville Tunnel, Regent's Canal, London mb-height 4782 Thomas Seckford

Thomas Seckford

Seated at a desk

Two riders prepare to ford the brook

1795 with Monument and the tower of St Magnus the Martyr on left

The Egyptian Room

The western entrance to Pentonville Tunnel, Regent's Canal, London mb-height 4782 Thomas SeckfordThe 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.