World's 10 Forgotten Rivers

Zee Media Bureau
Nov 15, 2023

River Westbourne, UK

London's lost rivers, like the River Westbourne, now flow underground as sewers; remnants, such as an original iron pipe, remain near Sloane Square tube station.

Garrison Creek, Canada

In the late 19th century, crews dug culverts to convert Garrison Creek into a sewer, addressing population growth and pollution issues by the 1920s.

Tibbetts Brook, USA

Once named Mosholu by the Lenape people, now flows underground through an arched brick sewer, with its only above-ground portion serving as a wetland in Van Cortlandt Park.

Tank Stream, Australia

Sydney owes its location to a lost creek that provided fresh water for European settlers in the late 18th century, flowing from swampy high ground to Sydney Cove.

Bradford Beck, UK

Once powering mills, succumbed to pollution, earning the nickname "Mucky Beck." Forced underground for around four miles, it reemerges in Shipley at the River Aire.

Bova-Celato River, Italy

Explore Brescia's subterranean rivers, like the Bova-Celato, through guided tours by Brescia Underground, which even features a glass manhole cover for a view.

Wein, Austria

Once wild and powering mills, is now tamed by concrete channels, flowing through sewers into the Danube Canal.

Saw Mill River, USA

The Saw Mill River, was gradually covered and capped in the early 20th century. Remarkably, it has been "daylighted" in the early 21st century, becoming a focal point.

River Fleet, UK

Once winding prominently from Hampstead Heath to Blackfriars, was polluted and converted into a sewer in the 19th century, flowing mostly underground.

Park River, USA

Once called "Little River", flowed through mills and factories before being buried up to 50 feet below the surface in the 1940s by the US Army Corps of Engineers.

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