A flight of locks

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Titford Branch Canal

Titford or Oldbury Locks (6 locks)


This flight of six locks opened in 1837 providing a navigable canal along a feeder from the Titford Pools. The locks fall by 38 ft from the 511 ft summit level to the 473 ft Wolverhampton level of James Brindley's Birmingham Canal(Old Main Line).

The locks were known to bargees as the 'Crow' after the owner of the adjacent chemical works.

SO9988 : Titford Locks - Lock No 1 - Top Lock by John M SO9988 : Titford Locks - Lock No 2 by John M SO9988 : Titford Locks - Lock No 3 by John M SO9988 : Titford Locks - Lock No 4 by John M
SO9988 : Titford Locks - Lock No 5 by John M SO9989 : Titford Locks - Lock No 6 - Bottom Lock by John M SO9989 : Titford Lock No 6 - Titford Canal by John M SO9988 : Titford or Oldbury Locks -Titford Canal by John M

Looking up from the Bottom Lock
SO9186 : Dudley No 1 Canal - Delph Locks by John M

Tame Valley Canal

Perry Barr Locks (11 locks)

The Tame Valley Canal opened in 1846. This flight of eleven locks with a further near Salford Junction raise the canal by 106 feet.

SP0592 : Perry Barr Locks - Lock keeper's cottage - Top Lock by John M SP0592 : Perry Barr Locks - Lock No 1 Top Lock by John M SP0692 : Perry Barr Locks - Lock No 2 by John M SP0692 : Perry Barr Locks - Lock No 3 by John M
SP0692 : Perry Barr Locks - Lock No 4 by John M SP0692 : Perry Barr Locks - Lock No 5 by John M SP0692 : Perry Barr Locks - Lock No 6 by John M SP0692 : Perry Barr Locks - Lock No 7 by John M
SP0792 : Perry Barr Locks - Lock No 8 by John M SP0792 : Perry Barr Locks - Lock No 9 by John M SP0792 : Perry Barr Locks - Lock No 10 by John M SP0792 : Perry Barr Locks - Lock No 11 by John M
SP0692 : Tame Valley Canal - Perry Barr Locks by John M


Gower Branch Canal

Brades Locks (3 locks)

The three locks raise the canal 20 feet from the Birmingham Level to the Wolverhampton Level. The top two locks form a staircase.

SO9790 : Brades Locks by Jonathan Wilkins SO9790 : Brades staircase locks by Jonathan Wilkins SO9790 : Brades Lock No.3 by Jonathan Wilkins

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