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At London Canal Museum you can see inside a narrowboat cabin, learn the history of London's canals and the cargoes carried, the people who lived and worked on the waterways, and the horses that pulled their boats. Peer down into a huge Victorian ice well used to store ice imported from Norway and brought by ship and canal boat for storage. The museum is housed in a former ice warehouse built circa 1862-3 for famous ice cream maker Carlo Gatti, the history of the ice trade and ice cream, as well as the canals. The only London museum of inland waterways; situated at King's Cross, an accessible central London location. Open Tuesday to Sunday, plus bank (public) holiday Mondays.

Location: 12-13 New Wharf Road, London N1 9RT Telephone 020 7713 083

Other History nearby:
(Abbeville) Abbeville County Museum
(Aldershot) Airborne Forces Museum
(London) Bank of England Museum
(London) Banqueting House
(Basingstoke) Basing House Ruins
(London) British Library

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