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Factory Junction to Smethwick Junction on Telford's New Main Line


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Completed in 1838 the New Main Line shortened the route from Wolverhampton to Birmingham.


SP0288 : Roving bridge across the New Main Line by Christine Johnstone SO9592 : Canal footbridge by Jeremy Bolwell SO9592 : Boat Gauging House - Factory Junction by John M SO9592 : Factory Junction Top Lock by John M SO9592 : Factory Junction Middle Lock by John M SO9592 : Factory Junction Bottom Lock by John M SO9592 : 'Fishing on the Cut' by John M SO9592 : Tipton - Wood Street Footbridge by Dave Bevis SO9592 : Towpath Bridge by Gordon Griffiths SO9592 : Tipton Station Bridge by John M SO9592 : Caggy's Boatyard -Birmingham Canal (New Main Line) by John M SO9592 : Watery Lane Junction by John M SO9692 : Birmingham Canal View by Gordon Griffiths SO9592 : Watery Lane Bridge - Birmingham Canal (New Main Line) by John M SO9692 : Nearing Dudley Port by Row17


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Dudley Port Junction leads off to the Dudley No.2 Tunnel and Albion Junction connects via the Brades Locks to Brindley's Old Main Line.


SO9691 : Puppy Green Aqueduct by Gordon Griffiths SO9691 : Aqueducts in a Row by Gordon Griffiths SO9691 : Dudley Port Station by John M
SO9791 : Dudley Port Junction Bridge by Gordon Griffiths SO9791 : Dudley Port Junction, Birmingham Canal New Main Line by John Brightley SO9791 : Towpath bridge over former entrance to Rattlechain Brick Works basin by John Brightley

SO9791 : Two Main Lines by Row17 SO9890 : Sandwell holiday by Gordon Griffiths SO9891 : Dunkirk Stop, Birmingham Canal New Main Line by John Brightley SO9891 : Towpath bridge at Albion Junction by John Brightley SO9890 : Canal & railway by Row17


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Pudding Green Junction leads to the Ryders Green Locks dropping down to the 'Walsall Level'. A flight of three locks provides a connection to Brindley's Old Main Line which passes overhead on an aqueduct.

SO9890 : Oldbury - narrow boat near Albion Bridge by Dave Bevis SO9890 : Pudding Green Junction by Gordon Griffiths SO9890 : Pudding Green Junction, Birmingham Main Line Canal by John Brightley

SO9989 : Brindley & Telford by Row17 SP0089 : Four generations of transport. by Chris Allen SP0089 : Supporting the M5 by Row17



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Telford and Brindley's canals close and run in parallel but at different levels under Galton Bridge and past the canal pumping station at Smethwick.

SP0089 : Oldbury - Beauty and the Beast by Dave Bevis SP0189 : Telford's 'Cut' by Row17 SP0089 : Birmingham Canal. by David Ellis
SP0189 : Galton Bridge. by Chris Allen SP0189 : Smethwick - Galton Bridge & Tunnel by Dave Bevis SP0188 : Brasshouse Lane Bridge over the Telford 'Cut'. by Row17




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The 'Engine Arm' crosses from the Old Main Line towards Smethwick. The Old and New Main Lines rejoin at Smethwick Junction.
SP0188 : Brasshouse Lane Pumping Station by Chris Allen SP0288 : Memory lane (so to speak) by Row17 SP0288 : The "Engine Arm" aqueduct by Chris Allen
SP0288 : Smethwick Stop by Christine Johnstone SP0288 : Footpath linking New and Old Main Lines by Christine Johnstone SP0288 : Hireboat on the Engine Arm aqueduct by Christine Johnstone SP0289 : Rolfe Bridge by Christine Johnstone
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