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Farrington Ward Without Volunteer holding a rifle

A ragged urchin with torch in right hand and a hat in left hand advances towards them from an awaiting coach

In the foreground a horse drawn fire engine rushes to the disaster and firemen direct jets of water towards the fire

Interior view of the Royal Exchange

as seen from the Royal Horticultural Society Gardens

Boats on Regent's Canal, London mb-width 4810 Farrington Ward Without Volunteer holdingBoats on 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.