English: Grosvenor Canal, bottom lock gates. The canal was one of the shortest in London, but was surprisingly in use until recent years as for the removal of domestic refuse. Now the basin has been built over, leaving the lock useless and forlorn in the middle of new housing development. Note the change since Pam Fray's view of less than a year previously 729874.

The following description of the canal comes from the London Canal Museum website:

This small canal was opened in 1825, and ran on land in Lord Grosvenor's estate, from the Thames to Grosvenor Basin. The site of the basin is now covered by Victoria Station. The top part of the canal was closed to enable the station complex to be enlarged in 1899. The remaining short length of canal was purchased in 1906 by Westminster City Council. A further section was in-filled in 1927 to provide space for housing. The Council's interest in the canal was sustained, despite its deterioration, because its principal traffic was refuse collected by the authority for disposal. For almost a year from July 1928 the canal was closed for major repairs and improvements to facilitate this important traffic. In the late 1940's and early 1950's other local authorities added their refuse to the traffic carried.