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1 August

• 1820 – The eastern section of the Regent's Canal opens between Limehouse Basin and Hamsptead Road Locks at Camden.
• 1831 – Designed by John Rennie the Elder and built by John Rennie the Younger, "New" London Bridge over the River Thames opens.
• 1865 – London, Chatham and Dover Railway opens branch from Nunhead to Crystal Palace & Upper Norwood.