It had two outlets into the tidal Thames and its inland section roughly followed Wandsworth Road.

[4] The Greenwoods' map of 1827 confirms the mill pond served a tide mill, harnessing of the locally great tidal energy.

[5] The generic prototype may have such a mill in the nascent City of London, in Roman Britain.

Pumping stations were added for the drainage of northern Battersea and to allow for widespread development.

[1][7] Heathwall Pumping Station is now part of the Thames Tideway Scheme.