In 1819 the Cut ran through open countryside from Bromley lock to Britannia Bridge, Commercial Road.
 There was no way of crossing this except at Stinkhouse Bridge.
 To the northwest, see map, was the Patent Cable Works, a long ropewalk founded by Captain Joseph Huddart where was made his twice-as-strong ship's cable.
 In due course the area was built up, the Cable Works closed and in 1858 its line was used to construct the "Victoria Park Approach Road" — soon re-named Burdett Road after philanthropist Angela Burdett-Coutts.
 A new bridge had to be made over the Cut.
 For the sake of the barge traffic Parliament required the bridge to allow headroom of at least "Eight Feet above High Water Mark, Trinity Standard".
In 1819 the Cut ran through open countryside from Bromley lock to Britannia Bridge, Commercial Road.  There was no way of crossing this except at Stinkhouse Bridge.  To the northwest, see map, was the Patent Cable Works, a long ropewalk founded by Captain Joseph Huddart where was made his twice-as-strong ship's cable.  In due course the area was built up, the Cable Works closed and in 1858 its line was used to construct the "Victoria Park Approach Road" — soon re-named Burdett Road after philanthropist Angela Burdett-Coutts.  A new bridge had to be made over the Cut.  For the sake of the barge traffic Parliament required the bridge to allow headroom of at least "Eight Feet above High Water Mark, Trinity Standard".
Limehouse Cut