19 captures

17 Apr 2001 - 24 Sep 2006

Feb	APR	Aug
	07
2003	2004	2006

success

fail

About this capture

COLLECTED BY

Organization: Alexa Crawls

Starting in 1996, Alexa Internet has been donating their crawl data to the Internet Archive. Flowing in every day, these data are added to the Wayback Machine after an embargo period.

Collection: alexa_dw

this data is currently not publicly accessible.

TIMESTAMPS

Text and photographs copyright of Jim Shead.

Dudley Canal Line No 2

Description: Runs from Parkhead Junction, with the Dudley Canal Line No 1, to Coombeswood. The canal originally went on to join the Worcester & Birmingham Canal at Selly Oak. The closed section contains the 3,795 yard Lappal Tunnel.

History: This extension to the Dudley Canal was authorised in 1793 and completed in 1798.
For more details see the History page

Waterway Group: This waterway is part of the Birmingham Canal Navigations

Navigation Authority: Head Office: British Waterways, MD's Office: Southern Waterways, Waterway Unit: Central Shires Waterways, Peel's Wharf, Lichfield Street, Fazeley, Tamworth, Staffordshire B78 3QZ : Telephone 01827 252000 : Fax 01827 288071 :

Related Books

• Nicholson/Ordnance Survey Guide to the waterways - 2 by Not known , ISBN 000713665X :170 pages, Published by Nicholson 2003 Severn, Avon and Birmingham. Includes the BCN, Gloucester & Sharpness, Severn, Staffordshire & Worcester Canal, Stourbridge, Dudley, Stratford-on-Avon and Worcester & Birmingham canals. Order now from .

• Pearson's Canal and River Companion: Stourport Ring & Black Country by Michael Pearson , ISBN 0 9078 6470 8 :96 pages, Published by J M Pearson & Son 1996 Order now from .

• The Canals of the West Midlands (2nd Ed) by Charles Hadfield , 352 pages, Published by Augustus M Kelley 1 1969

Related External Web Sites

• Lapal Canal : The Lapal Canal Trust, PO Box 5236, Halesowen, West Midlands, B63 3NN, UK.

Related Cruising Logs

• 23rd August 1996

Other Related Pages

• Cruising Times

Lock Sizes and maximum craft dimensions: Length 70 foot, beam 7 foot. NOTE: For more details of maximum lock and craft sizes and the basis of these figures see Craft and Lock Sizes Page

Dudley Canal Line No 2: Table of distances			Miles	Locks	Navigable (N)	Grid ref	OS Map No
Park Head Junction	Junction with Dudley Canal Line No 1		0.0	0	N	SO933888	139
Blackbrook Junction	Junction with the closed Two Lock Line Canal.		.8	0	N	SO933879	139
Primrose Hill Wharf			1.6	0	N	SO944873	139
Southern Junction with Bumble Hole Branch Canal			2.4	0	N	SO951880	139
Windmill End Junction	Junction with Netherton Tunnel Branch Canal		2.6	0	N	SO953882	139
Rowley Wharf			4.0	0	N	SO961865	139
Gosty Hill Tunnel (North end)	Old Hill		4.4	0	N	SO966858	139
Coombeswood	The end of navigation		5.0	0	U	SO972850	139

NOTE: N and U in the Navigable column above indicates that the node is navigable or unnavigable. If a D appears here it means that navigation is difficult or restricted to smaller craft.

 

Gower Branch Canal (BCN)

Description: Links the BCN Main Line (at Albion Junction) with the Old Main Line Loop (at Brades Hall Junction).

History: Built under the Birmingham Canal Act of 1768 but completed in 1836.
For more details see the History page

Waterway Group: This waterway is part of the Birmingham Canal Navigations

Navigation Authority: Head Office: British Waterways, MD's Office: Southern Waterways, Waterway Unit: Central Shires Waterways, Peel's Wharf, Lichfield Street, Fazeley, Tamworth, Staffordshire B78 3QZ : Telephone 01827 252000 : Fax 01827 288071 :

Related Books

• The Canals of the West Midlands (2nd Ed) by Charles Hadfield , 352 pages, Published by Augustus M Kelley 1 1969

Lock Sizes and maximum craft dimensions: Length 70 foot, beam 7 foot. NOTE: For more details of maximum lock and craft sizes and the basis of these figures see Craft and Lock Sizes Page

Gower Branch Canal (BCN): Table of distances			Miles	Locks	Navigable (N)	Grid ref	OS Map No
Brades Hall Junction	Junction with Old Main Line (BCN)		0.0	0	N	SO978903	139
Brades Hall Bottom Lock No 3	Preceeded by Brades Hall Locks 1 and 2.		.3	3	N	SO979906	139
Albion Junction	Junction with BCN Main Line		.5	3	N	SO981911	139

NOTE: N and U in the Navigable column above indicates that the node is navigable or unnavigable. If a D appears here it means that navigation is difficult or restricted to smaller craft.

 

Netherton Tunnel Branch Canal

Description: Links the BCN Main Line with the Dudley Canal, via Netherton Tunnel.

History: Built to relieve pressure on the Old Dudley Tunnel. The first sod of the Branch was turned by Lord Ward on the last day of 1855. Opened on 20 August 1858.
For more details see the History page

Waterway Group: This waterway is part of the Birmingham Canal Navigations

Navigation Authority: Head Office: British Waterways, MD's Office: Southern Waterways, Waterway Unit: Central Shires Waterways, Peel's Wharf, Lichfield Street, Fazeley, Tamworth, Staffordshire B78 3QZ : Telephone 01827 252000 : Fax 01827 288071 :

Related Books

• The Canals of the West Midlands (2nd Ed) by Charles Hadfield , 352 pages, Published by Augustus M Kelley 1 1969

Related Photographs

• Netherton Tunnel Branch Canal: Windmill End Junction IWA National Waterways Festival

Related Cruising Logs

• 23rd August 1996

Other Related Pages

• Cruising Times

Netherton Tunnel Branch Canal: Table of distances			Miles	Locks	Navigable (N)	Grid ref	OS Map No
Dudley Port Junction	Junction with BCN Main Line		0.0	0	N	SO972916	139
Netherton Tunnel (North end)			.5	0	N	SO967908	139
Windmill End Junction	Junction with Dudley Canal Line No 2		2.9	0	N	SO953882	139

NOTE: N and U in the Navigable column above indicates that the node is navigable or unnavigable. If a D appears here it means that navigation is difficult or restricted to smaller craft.

 

Old Main Line (BCN)

Description: Part of the original main line. Runs from Smethwick Junction to Tipton Factory Junction, joining back to the present Main line in both places.

History: Engineered by James Brindley and opened in November 1769.
For more details see the History page

Waterway Group: This waterway is part of the Birmingham Canal Navigations

Navigation Authority: Head Office: British Waterways, MD's Office: Southern Waterways, Waterway Unit: Central Shires Waterways, Peel's Wharf, Lichfield Street, Fazeley, Tamworth, Staffordshire B78 3QZ : Telephone 01827 252000 : Fax 01827 288071 :

Related Books

• The Canals of the West Midlands (2nd Ed) by Charles Hadfield , 352 pages, Published by Augustus M Kelley 1 1969

Related Cruising Logs

• 31st May 1997

Other Related Pages

• Cruising Times

Lock Sizes and maximum craft dimensions: Length 70 foot, beam 7 foot. NOTE: For more details of maximum lock and craft sizes and the basis of these figures see Craft and Lock Sizes Page

Old Main Line (BCN): Table of distances			Miles	Locks	Navigable (N)	Grid ref	OS Map No
Smethwick Junction	Junction with BCN Main Line		0.0	0	N	SP028890	139
Smethwick Top Lock No 3	Preceeded by Smethwick Locks 1 and 2, and followed by the junction with the Engine Branch.		.4	3	N	SP024889	139
Spon Lane Junction	Junction with Spon Lane Locks Branch (BCN)		2.0	3	N	SP005898	139
Oldbury Junction	Junction with Titford Canal (BCN)		2.6	3	N	SO994892	139
Junction with Houghton Branch Canal			2.8	3	N	SO992891	139
Brades Hall Junction	Junction with Gower Branch Canal (BCN)		3.9	3	N	SO978903	139
Aqueduct over Netherton Tunnel Branch			4.4	3	N	SO968909	139
Tipton Junction	Junction with Dudley Canal Line No 1		5.5	3	N	SO951919	139
Tipton Factory Junction	Junction with BCN Main Line		6.5	3	N	SO950927	139

NOTE: N and U in the Navigable column above indicates that the node is navigable or unnavigable. If a D appears here it means that navigation is difficult or restricted to smaller craft.

 

Rushall Canal (BCN)

History: Built under the Wyrley & Essington Canal Act of 1792 but completed in 1847.
For more details see the History page

Waterway Group: This waterway is part of the Birmingham Canal Navigations

Navigation Authority: Head Office: British Waterways, MD's Office: Southern Waterways, Waterway Unit: Central Shires Waterways, Peel's Wharf, Lichfield Street, Fazeley, Tamworth, Staffordshire B78 3QZ : Telephone 01827 252000 : Fax 01827 288071 :

Related Books

• The Canals of the West Midlands (2nd Ed) by Charles Hadfield , 352 pages, Published by Augustus M Kelley 1 1969

Related External Web Sites

• Longwood Boat Club : Situated on the Birmingham Canal Navigations at Longwood Junction, where the Rushall Canal meets the Daw End Branch of the Wyrley and Essington Canal

Lock Sizes and maximum craft dimensions: Length 70 foot, beam 7 foot. NOTE: For more details of maximum lock and craft sizes and the basis of these figures see Craft and Lock Sizes Page

Rushall Canal (BCN): Table of distances			Miles	Locks	Navigable (N)	Grid ref	OS Map No
Longwood Junction	Junction with Daw End Branch Canal (BCN)		0.0	0	N	SP039992	139
Rushall Lock No 3	Followed by locks 4 to 9		1.5	3	N	SP033967	139
Rushall Junction	Junction with Tame Valley Canal		2.8	9	N	SP030947	139

NOTE: N and U in the Navigable column above indicates that the node is navigable or unnavigable. If a D appears here it means that navigation is difficult or restricted to smaller craft.

 

Soho Branch Loop Line

Waterway Group: This waterway is part of the Birmingham Canal Navigations

Navigation Authority: Head Office: British Waterways, MD's Office: Southern Waterways, Waterway Unit: Central Shires Waterways, Peel's Wharf, Lichfield Street, Fazeley, Tamworth, Staffordshire B78 3QZ : Telephone 01827 252000 : Fax 01827 288071 :

Related Books

• The Canals of the West Midlands (2nd Ed) by Charles Hadfield , 352 pages, Published by Augustus M Kelley 1 1969

Soho Branch Loop Line: Table of distances			Miles	Locks	Navigable (N)	Grid ref	OS Map No
Eastern Junction with Main Line	Junction with BCN Main Line		0.0	0	N	SP048873	139
Junction with Soho Branch	Half a mile to Soho Wharf		.6	0	N	SP049881	139
Winston Green Wharf			.9	0	N	SP045882	139
Western Junction with Main Line	Junction with BCN Main Line		1.3	0	N	SP040881	139

NOTE: N and U in the Navigable column above indicates that the node is navigable or unnavigable. If a D appears here it means that navigation is difficult or restricted to smaller craft.

 

Spon Lane Locks Branch (BCN)

Waterway Group: This waterway is part of the Birmingham Canal Navigations

Navigation Authority: Head Office: British Waterways, MD's Office: Southern Waterways, Waterway Unit: Central Shires Waterways, Peel's Wharf, Lichfield Street, Fazeley, Tamworth, Staffordshire B78 3QZ : Telephone 01827 252000 : Fax 01827 288071 :

Related Books

• The Canals of the West Midlands (2nd Ed) by Charles Hadfield , 352 pages, Published by Augustus M Kelley 1 1969

Spon Lane Locks Branch (BCN): Table of distances			Miles	Locks	Navigable (N)	Grid ref	OS Map No
Spon Lane Top Lock	Junction with Old Main Line (BCN)		0.0	0	N	SP005898	139
Bromford Junction	Junction with BCN Main Line		.4	3	N	SO999899	139

NOTE: N and U in the Navigable column above indicates that the node is navigable or unnavigable. If a D appears here it means that navigation is difficult or restricted to smaller craft.

 

Titford Canal (BCN)

Description: From Oldbury Junction on the BCN Old Main Line to Causeway Green.

History: Built under the Birmingham Canal Act of 1768 but completed in 1837.
For more details see the History page

Points of Interest: At the top of Oldbury locks is Titford pool, the highest Point on the BCN (511 feet).

Waterway Group: This waterway is part of the Birmingham Canal Navigations

Navigation Authority: Head Office: British Waterways, MD's Office: Southern Waterways, Waterway Unit: Central Shires Waterways, Peel's Wharf, Lichfield Street, Fazeley, Tamworth, Staffordshire B78 3QZ : Telephone 01827 252000 : Fax 01827 288071 :

Related Books

• The Canals of the West Midlands (2nd Ed) by Charles Hadfield , 352 pages, Published by Augustus M Kelley 1 1969

Lock Sizes and maximum craft dimensions: Length 70 foot, beam 7 foot. NOTE: For more details of maximum lock and craft sizes and the basis of these figures see Craft and Lock Sizes Page

Titford Canal (BCN): Table of distances			Miles	Locks	Navigable (N)	Grid ref	OS Map No
Oldbury Junction	Junction with Old Main Line (BCN)		0.0	0	N	SO994892	139
Oldbury Top Lock No 1	Preceeded by Oldbury Locks 6 down to 2.		.4	6	N	SO994887	139
Junction with Portway Branch			1.3	6	N	SO987878	139
Causeway Green	The end of the canal.		1.8	6	N	SO986872	139

NOTE: N and U in the Navigable column above indicates that the node is navigable or unnavigable. If a D appears here it means that navigation is difficult or restricted to smaller craft.

 

Tame Valley Canal

Description: Runs from the junction with the Walsall Canal to Salford Junction, where it joins the Birmingham and Fazeley and the Grand Union (Warwick Section).

Waterway Group: This waterway is part of the Birmingham Canal Navigations

Navigation Authority: Head Office: British Waterways, MD's Office: Southern Waterways, Waterway Unit: Central Shires Waterways, Peel's Wharf, Lichfield Street, Fazeley, Tamworth, Staffordshire B78 3QZ : Telephone 01827 252000 : Fax 01827 288071 :

Perry Bar Locks, Tame Valley Canal

Related Books

• The Canals of the West Midlands (2nd Ed) by Charles Hadfield , 352 pages, Published by Augustus M Kelley 1 1969

Related Photographs

• Tame Valley Canal: Perry Barr Top Lock No 1 Narrowboat coming up flight

Related Cruising Logs

• 20th August 1996

Other Related Pages

• Cruising Times

Lock Sizes and maximum craft dimensions: Length 70 foot, beam 7 foot. NOTE: For more details of maximum lock and craft sizes and the basis of these figures see Craft and Lock Sizes Page

Tame Valley Canal: Table of distances			Miles	Locks	Navigable (N)	Grid ref	OS Map No
Walsall Canal	Junction with Walsall Canal		0.0	0	N	SO976936	139
Gold Hill Wharf			.4	0	N	SO985937	139
Holloway Bank Wharf			1.0	0	N	SO992941	139
Rushall Junction	Junction with Rushall Canal (BCN)		3.5	0	N	SP030947	139
Hamstead Wharf			4.4	0	N	SP038936	139
Perry Barr Top Lock No 1	Barr Top Lock Wharf and Perry Bar First Flight.		5.5	1	N	SP061927	139
Perry Bar Lock No 7	End of first flight		6.0	7	N	SP069927	139
Perry Bar Lock No 8	Start of the second flight		6.3	8	N	SP071926	139
Perry Barr Lock No 11	End of second flight		6.5	12	N	SP077923	139
Perry Barr Lock No 12	Start of third flight		7.9	13	N	SP089907	139
Salford Junction	Junctions with Birmingham and Fazeley Canal and Grand Union Main Line		8.5	14	N	SP097900	139

NOTE: N and U in the Navigable column above indicates that the node is navigable or unnavigable. If a D appears here it means that navigation is difficult or restricted to smaller craft.

 

 

Text and photographs copyright of Jim Shead.