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15... This picture of Greenford Canal Basin was one of the pictures which Lyons commissioned just after Greenford became operational in about 1920. The barge on the right is called Trial and it was the first barge to make its way from Brentford Lock on the Thames all the way to Greenford. for the first part of the journey it was pulled by steam tug. The later part of the journey it was pulled by two shire horses.

 

 

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