Birmingham Canal - Birmingham Canal Navigations
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Contents
- Birmingham Main Line Canal
- Aldersley Junction to Broad Street Basin, Wolverhampton
- Broad Street Basin to Horseley Fields Junction
- Horseley Fields Junction to Bradley Canal Junction
- Bradley Canal Junction to Factory Junction
- Factory Junction to Smethwick Junction on Brindley's Main Line
- Factory Junction to Smethwick Junction on Telford's New Main Line
- Smethwick Junction to Old Turn Junction
- Old Turn Junction to Gas Street Basin
Birmingham Main Line Canal
The Birmingham Main Line Canal opened between Gas Street Basin and the Staffs & Worcs Canal at Aldersley Junction in 1772. The Engineer was James Brindley. A straighter 'New Main Line' was completed in 1838 to the design of Thomas Telford. This left a number of arms and loops.Aldersley Junction to Broad Street Basin, Wolverhampton
Apart from the Council Incinerator which occupies the former refuse and night-soil disposal site there is no sign of the foundries and works that hugged the canal banks. The gas works, Springfield Brewery and GWR Railway workshops were later neighbours.
Broad Street Basin to Horseley Fields Junction
The first canal junction at Horseley Fields connects to the Wyrley & Essington Canal (Curly Wyrley). Completed in 1795 this winds north into the 'Black Country Coalfield' serving Wednesfield, Essington, Aldridge, Brownhills and Pelsall. The canal transformed these communities allowing raw materials (coal, limestone and clay) and manufactured goods (locks, traps, bricks and tiles) to be transported cheaply.
Horseley Fields Junction to Bradley Canal Junction
Brindley's original canal branches off at Deepfields and remains in part as the Bradley Arm terminating at the British Waterways workshops.
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