West Yard at Camden Locks, canal, boats and market, Lock Place, Camden, London, England, UK, NW1 8AF

Image details
Contributor:
Tony SmithImage ID:
2M1MCEBFile size:
57.1 MB (2.4 MB Compressed download)Releases:
Model - no | Property - noDo I need a release?Dimensions:
5472 x 3648 px | 46.3 x 30.9 cm | 18.2 x 12.2 inches | 300dpiDate taken:
22 July 2022Location:
Lock Place, Camden, London, England, UK, NW1 8AFMore information:
. Recorded at Lock Place, Camden, London, England, UK, NW1 8AF in 2022, the image fixes a recognisable subject and its environment at one point in time, giving later viewers a reliable basis for comparison. The location is represented through West Yard at Camden Locks, canal, boats and market, Lock Place, Camden, London, England, UK, NW1 8AF. Other connected aspects include place identity, visual archive, contemporary social history, before-and-after reference, local character, waterborne transport, regional identity, everyday life, inland boating, inland navigation, lock flight, local history, heritage boating, and social history. Today's relevance is strengthened by flood resilience, public access and the continuing question of how navigation heritage coexists with modern flood and environmental management. As a dated visual record of Lock Place, Camden, London, England, UK, NW1 8AF, the frame retains local activity and public use, making it especially useful if replacement signage subsequently changes the scene. Other useful contextual ideas include changing streetscape, towpath landscape, canal infrastructure, public realm, working waterway, navigation engineering, community identity, and historical comparison. References to Place, canal, market, Camden, and boats give the picture a strong period identity and tie it closely to its named subject. The wider setting at Lock Place, Camden, London, England, UK, NW1 8AF matters because ordinary visual details often provide the strongest evidence of how a place actually looked and functioned. The location additionally provides evidence of flood resilience and how navigation heritage coexists with modern flood and environmental management as part of the longer story of Lock Place, Camden, London, England, UK, NW1 8AF. The period view preserves a point of historical comparison within the wider story of Lock Place, Camden, London, England, UK, NW1 8AF.