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Birmingham Canal at Monmore Green, from the railway
by Christopher Hilton
geograph for square SO9297
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Old Turn Roving Bridge Birmingham centre
by Gillie Rhodes
geograph for square SP0586
Looking past old restored warehouses to Old Turn Roving Bridge on the Birmingham... (more)
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Winson Green railway bridge
by Gillie Rhodes
geograph for square SP0488
A few yards after the Winson Green Junction Bridge (just behind me) is this... (more)
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Smethwick Towing Path Bridge
by Gillie Rhodes
geograph for square SP0289
Smethwick Towing Path Bridge on the (BCN) Birmingham Canal Navigations (Old Main... (more)
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Campanile Hotel & Restaurant, Aston, Birmingham
by Christine Johnstone
geograph for square SP0788
Alongside the Aston flight of locks on the BCN's Birmingham & Fazeley canal.
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Smethwick Main Line Turnover Bridge
by Gillie Rhodes
geograph for square SP0288
Smethwick Main Line Turnover Bridge on the Birmingham Canal Navigations (BCN)... (more)
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Soho Foundry Smethwick West Midlands
by Gillie Rhodes
geograph for square SP0388
Soho foundry basin entrance, factory chimney and the buildings of the former... (more)
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Approaching Lock 10 and Thimble Mill Lane Bridge
by Christine Johnstone
geograph for square SP0889
The red brick building is a pair of BCN houses. The towpath rises up in the... (more)
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The pound between Locks 4 and 3, Farmers Bridge
by Christine Johnstone
geograph for square SP0687
Because the locks are so close together, a side pound winds alongside Lock 4, to... (more)
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View from Sheepcote Street bridge. Birmingham City centre
by Gillie Rhodes
geograph for square SP0586
Looking along the Oozells street loop on the Birmingham Canal Navigations.... (more)
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A boater's view of the Wolverhampton Tunnel
by Christine Johnstone
geograph for square SO9198
Supporting Wolverhampton Station's multi-storey car park above the... (more)
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Birmingham & Fazeley canal, between locks 9 and 10
by Christine Johnstone
geograph for square SP0889
Once there was a coal wharf where the factory is now.
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Cyclist on the Anglesey Branch towpath
by Christine Johnstone
geograph for square SK0406
This canal is a navigable feeder, part of the Wyrley & Essington network in... (more)
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Pound between Locks 6 and 7 of the Aston flight
by Christine Johnstone
geograph for square SP0788
The Chester Street wharf was once on the site of the further 'shed'.
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Barker Bridge, from the north-east
by Christine Johnstone
geograph for square SP0787
Carrying Loveday Street over the Birmingham & Fazeley Canal.
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New housing and old buildings, off Albion Street
by Christine Johnstone
geograph for square SO9298
On [or very near] the site of the BCN's Albion Basin and Albion Wharf.
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Pound between Locks 8 and 7, Farmers Bridge
by Christine Johnstone
geograph for square SP0687
The towpath rises over the bridged entrance to the former Whitmores Arm.
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Pound between Locks 7 and 6, Farmers Bridge
by Christine Johnstone
geograph for square SP0687
The towpath rises over the bridged entrance to the former Charlotte Street timber basin.
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Birmingham Canal, approaching central Wolverhampton
by Christine Johnstone
geograph for square SO9298
This is the Wolverhampton level, on the 473ft contour.
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Narrows at the toll house, Dudley No 2 Canal
by Christine Johnstone
geograph for square SO9587
Many BCN toll houses were on islands, but this one is on the towpath, hence the... (more)
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Pound between Locks 2 and 3, the Wolverhampton 21
by Christine Johnstone
geograph for square SO9199
A boat is descending Lock 2, and the water from the emptying lock is... (more)
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Narrowboat in the Shropshire Union Wharf, Wolverhampton
by Christine Johnstone
geograph for square SO9198
Once a canal - rail interchange [LNWR], then a Fellows Morton & Clayton... (more)
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Horseley Fields Junction, from the east
by Christine Johnstone
geograph for square SO9298
Beyond the rail and the road bridges. Where the later Wyrley & Essington... (more)
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Anglesey Branch, in Chasewater Country Park
by Christine Johnstone
geograph for square SK0407
The Anglesey Branch is a navigable feeder of the Wyrley & Essington Canal.
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Date stone, Lock 5, the Wolverhampton 21
by Christine Johnstone
for square SO9199
This lock was almost 100 years old when it was rebuilt in 1862.
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Bradeshall Junction 1978
by Guy Butler-Madden
geograph for square SO9790
The bridge carries the towpath for the Wolverhampton level across the Gower... (more)
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Towpath rising over the entrances to three canal arms
by Christine Johnstone
geograph for square SO9298
On the Wyrley & Essington Canal, just east of Horseleyfield Junction. The... (more)
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The Wyrley & Essington Canal awaiting restoration
by Christine Johnstone
geograph for square SK0505
The section of the canal between Ogley Hay Junction and Huddlesford Junction is... (more)
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Smethwick Stop, New Main Line
by Christine Johnstone
geograph for square SP0288
The 'Stop' is the low toll island, immediately east of the Engine Arm Aqueduct.
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New Main Line, Smethwick
by Christine Johnstone
for square SP0189
East of the new Telford Way tunnel.
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Randalls Bridge, from the east
by Christine Johnstone
geograph for square SO9691
Carrying Coneygree Road over the Old Main Line canal.
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Gilbert's Bridge, from the south-east
by Christine Johnstone
geograph for square SO9790
Carrying Britannia Street over the Old Main Line canal.
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Dudley Road Bridge, from the east
by Christine Johnstone
geograph for square SO9790
Taking Dudley Road West [A4033] over the Old Main Line canal.
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Hawne Basin, Dudley No 2 Canal
by Christine Johnstone
geograph for square SO9784
This was a transshipment basin for tubes from the nearby Stewarts & Lloyds... (more)
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Dudley No 2 Canal, at the southern end of Gosty Hill tunnel
by Christine Johnstone
geograph for square SO9685
The steps provide access to the towpath, as there is no towpath through the tunnel.
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Remains of the tug house, northern portal, Gosty Hill Tunnel
by Christine Johnstone
geograph for square SO9685
From 1913 to the 1930s a motor tug was moored here. It had a propeller at each... (more)
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Totnal Bridge, from the north
by Christine Johnstone
geograph for square SO9686
Carrying a public footpath over the Dudley No 2 Canal.
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A boater's view of the toll man and toll office
by Christine Johnstone
geograph for square SO9587
At the narrows between dog Lane and Hollis bridges, on the Dudley No 2 Canal.
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Towpath bridge over a former canal arm
by Christine Johnstone
geograph for square SO9587
On the Dudley No 2 Canal, between Bullfield and Dog Lane bridges. New houses are... (more)
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Bullfield Bridge, from the north-west
by Christine Johnstone
geograph for square SO9588
Carrying a public footpath over the Dudley No 2 Canal. The Monarch's Way... (more)
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Warren Hall Colliery basin, Dudley No 2 Canal
by Christine Johnstone
geograph for square SO9588
The Lapal Canal Trust's guidebook says that the hulls of many boats were... (more)
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Entrance to Warren Hall Colliery basin, Dudley No 2 Canal
by Christine Johnstone
geograph for square SO9588
Just east of Windmill End junction.
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Toll island, Dudley No 2 Canal, east of Windmill End junction
by Christine Johnstone
geograph for square SO9588
Now, without any buildings, just a low oblong island in the middle on the canal.
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Windmill End junction, from the south-west
by Christine Johnstone
geograph for square SO9588
Straight on for Netherton Tunnel, left for the Boshboil Arm and right for Hawne... (more)
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The former Brewins Tunnel, Dudley No 2 Canal
by Christine Johnstone
geograph for square SO9387
Looking east. Brewins Tunnel was built in 1838 when the canal was diverted round... (more)
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Towpath bridge, Blackbrook Junction, Dudley No 2 Canal
by Christine Johnstone
geograph for square SO9387
Carrying the original line's towpath over the Two Lock Line. This was a... (more)
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Narrows on the Dudley Canal No 2
by Christine Johnstone
geograph for square SO9388
Site of a former bridge, near Galton Drive.
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Blowers Green pumphouse and Blowers Green lock
by Christine Johnstone
geograph for square SO9388
At Blowers Green junction on the Dudley Canal. The building has also been known... (more)
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Dudley Canal towpath at Brierley Hill
by Christine Johnstone
geograph for square SO9286
Part of national cycle route 54, near Merry Hill. 'Link 51' is a... (more)
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Contrasting overflows, Delph locks, Dudley Canal
by Christine Johnstone
geograph for square SO9186
The nearest weir, by lock 2, is dry, because the side pond has been lowered... (more)
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