page_title: Waterworks River
hierarchical_section_title: Waterworks River
caption_attribution_description: English: Waterworks River in Stratford To the west of Stratford the River Lee bifurcates and three braids to the main river have developed. They are, from east to west, Waterworks River, City Mill River and Pudding Mill River. This is Waterworks River viewed from the Bridgwater Road bridge. A train from Liverpool Street bound for Stratford trundles across the far railway bridge.
context_page_description: Waterworks River is a river, at one time a tidal river, in the London Borough of Newham, one of the Bow Back Rivers that flow into the Bow Creek part of the River Lea, which in turn flows into the River Thames.
  The river is an artificial channel, cut for the Stratford Waterworks in 1743, from the Old River Lee channel, to supply a reservoir at Saynes Mill, Stratford. It was widened to 100 feet in the 1930s, as part of a project to prevent flooding in Stratford. The channel is lined for large stretches with concrete slabs, though sections through the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park have been landscaped to a more natural setting.
  Whilst running through the park, which hosted the 2012 Summer Olympics, the river forms the border between the London Aquatics Centre on one bank, and the Olympic Stadium on the other.
context_section_description: Waterworks River is a river, at one time a tidal river, in the London Borough of Newham, one of the Bow Back Rivers that flow into the Bow Creek part of the River Lea, which in turn flows into the River Thames.
  The river is an artificial channel, cut for the Stratford Waterworks (later purchased by the East London Waterworks Company) in 1743, from the Old River Lee channel (above Old Ford Lock), to supply a reservoir at Saynes Mill, Stratford. It was widened to 100 feet (30.5 m) in the 1930s, as part of a project to prevent flooding in Stratford. The channel is lined for large stretches with concrete slabs, though sections through the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park have been landscaped to a more natural setting.
  Whilst running through the park,  which hosted the 2012 Summer Olympics, the river forms the border between the London Aquatics Centre on one bank, and the Olympic Stadium on the other.
caption: The river in 2008
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