The Regent’s Canal is one of the main things that brought life to the area of Camden, and it still exists to this day. First proposed in 1802, construction did not actually start until 1812 and was not completed until August 1st, 1820; despite this, parts of the unfinished canal were in use as early as 1816. The canal provides a link from the Paddington Arm of the Grand Union Canal to the Limehouse Basin and the River Thames, spanning a length of 8.6 miles in total. The Regent’s Canal helped to propel Camden further into the age of the industrial revolution, which continued to grow with the addition of the North Western Railway’s terminal stop in the area in 1837. Even now, many handrails by the canal bridges show deep marks from the towropes horses used to pull canal barges. Ramps on the canal bank, designed to assist horses that fell in the canal after being startled by the noise of a train and the like, are still visible as well.