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Birmingham Canal Navigations

Index Birmingham Canal Navigations

Birmingham Canal Navigations (BCN) is a network of canals connecting Birmingham, Wolverhampton, and the eastern part of the Black Country. [1]

68 relations: Aldersley, Aldersley Junction, Anson Branch, Arena Birmingham, BCN Main Line, Bentley Canal, Birmingham, Birmingham and Fazeley Canal, Birmingham Canal Navigations Society, Black Country, Bordesley Junction, Bradley Branch, British Waterways, Bromford Junction, Bumble Hole Branch Canal, Canal, Cannock Extension Canal, Charitable organization, Chasewater, Coventry Canal, Digbeth Branch Canal, Dudley Canal, Dudley Tunnel, Edgbaston Reservoir, Engine Arm, F&W Media International, Fazeley Junction, Gas Street Basin, Gower Branch Canal, Grand Union Canal, Icknield Port Loop, James Brindley, James Walker (engineer), John Smeaton, Lapal Tunnel, Lock (water navigation), Narrowboat, Netherton Reservoir, Netherton Tunnel Branch Canal, Old Turn Junction, Ordnance datum, Reservoir, Ridgacre Branch, Rushall Canal, Salford Junction, Smethwick, Smethwick Engine, Soho Loop, Soho Manufactory, Spon Lane Junction, ..., Spon Lane Locks Branch, Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal, Stourbridge Canal, Stourport Ring, Tame Valley Canal, The History Press, Thomas Dadford, Thomas Telford, Titford Canal, Towpath, Transport in Birmingham, Walsall Canal, Warwick Bar, Wednesbury Oak Loop, Wednesbury Old Canal, Wolverhampton, Worcester and Birmingham Canal, Wyrley and Essington Canal. Expand index (18 more) »

Aldersley

Aldersley is a small suburb of Wolverhampton, West Midlands, England.

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Aldersley Junction

Aldersley Junction is the name of the canal junction where the Birmingham Main Line Canal terminates and meets the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal near to Oxley, north Wolverhampton, West Midlands, England.

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Anson Branch

The Anson Branch is a short canal in the West Midlands, England.

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Arena Birmingham

Arena Birmingham (previously known as The Barclaycard Arena and the National Indoor Arena) is an indoor sporting and entertainment venue in Birmingham, United Kingdom.

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BCN Main Line

The BCN Main Line, or Birmingham Canal Navigations Main Line describes the evolving route of the Birmingham Canal between Birmingham and Wolverhampton in England.

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Bentley Canal

The Bentley Canal is an abandoned canal that was part of the Birmingham Canal Navigations.

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Birmingham

Birmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands, England, with an estimated population of 1,101,360, making it the second most populous city of England and the United Kingdom.

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Birmingham and Fazeley Canal

The Birmingham and Fazeley Canal is a canal of the Birmingham Canal Navigations in the West Midlands of England.

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Birmingham Canal Navigations Society

The Birmingham Canal Navigations Society is a waterway society, a registered charity no.

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Black Country

The Black Country is a region of the West Midlands in England, west of Birmingham, and commonly refers to all or part of the four Metropolitan Boroughs of Dudley, Sandwell, Walsall and Wolverhampton.

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Bordesley Junction

Bordesley Junction is a canal junction where the Grand Union Canal splits near to Bordesley, Birmingham, England.

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Bradley Branch

The Bradley Branch or Bradley Locks Branch was a short canal of the Birmingham Canal Navigations in the West Midlands, England.

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British Waterways

British Waterways, often shortened to BW, was a statutory corporation wholly owned by the government of the United Kingdom.

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Bromford Junction

Bromford Junction is a canal junction at the foot of the Spon Lane Locks where the Spon Lane Locks Branch meets the BCN New Main Line near Oldbury in the West Midlands, England.

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Bumble Hole Branch Canal

The present day Bumble Hole Branch Canal and Boshboil Branch surround Bumble Hole, a water-filled clay pit, in Bumble Hole and Warren's Hall Nature Reserve, Rowley Regis, West Midlands, England.

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Canal

Canals, or navigations, are human-made channels, or artificial waterways, for water conveyance, or to service water transport vehicles.

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Cannock Extension Canal

The current Cannock Extension Canal is a canal in England.

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Charitable organization

A charitable organization or charity is a non-profit organization (NPO) whose primary objectives are philanthropy and social well-being (e.g. charitable, educational, religious, or other activities serving the public interest or common good).

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Chasewater

Chasewater is a reservoir located in the parish of Burntwood and the district of Lichfield in Staffordshire, England.

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Coventry Canal

The Coventry Canal is a navigable narrow canal in the Midlands of England.

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Digbeth Branch Canal

The Digbeth Branch Canal in Birmingham, England is a short canal which links the Birmingham and Fazeley Canal at Aston Junction and the Grand Union Canal at Digbeth Junction (or historically, at the adjacent Warwick Bar) in Digbeth.

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Dudley Canal

The Dudley Canal is a canal passing through Dudley in the West Midlands of England.

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Dudley Tunnel

Dudley Tunnel is a canal tunnel on the Dudley Canal Line No 1, England.

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Edgbaston Reservoir

Edgbaston Reservoir, originally known as Rotton Park Reservoir and referred to in some early maps as Rock Pool Reservoir, is a canal feeder reservoir in Birmingham, England.

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Engine Arm

The Engine Arm or Birmingham Feeder Arm near Smethwick, West Midlands, England, is a short canal built by Thomas Telford in 1825 to carry water from Rotton Park Reservoir (now called Edgbaston Reservoir) to the Old Main Line of the BCN Main Line Canal.

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F&W Media International

F&W Media International Limited, formerly known as David & Charles Publishers (also styled as David and Charles), is a publisher of illustrated non-fiction books, eBooks, digital products, craft patterns and online education courses.

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Fazeley Junction

Fazeley Junction is the name of the canal junction where the authorised Birmingham and Fazeley Canal terminates and meets the Coventry Canal at Fazeley, near Tamworth, Staffordshire, England.

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Gas Street Basin

Gas Street Basin is a canal basin in the centre of Birmingham, England, where the Worcester and Birmingham Canal meets the BCN Main Line.

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Gower Branch Canal

The Gower Branch Canal is a half-mile canal at Tividale in England, linking Albion Junction on the Birmingham Level (453 feet above sea) of the Birmingham Canal Navigations, and Bradeshall Junction (sometimes written Brades Hall Junction) on the BCN's older Wolverhampton (473 ft) level, via three locks, the Brades Locks, at the Southern, Bradeshall end.

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Grand Union Canal

The Grand Union Canal in England is part of the British canal system.

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Icknield Port Loop

The Icknield Port Loop (originally the Rotton Park Loop) is a loop of the eighteenth-century-built Old BCN Main Line canal in Birmingham, England, about west of the city centre, which opened to traffic on 6 November 1769 and in some definitions includes its straighter bypass built in September 1827, a section of the New BCN Main Line.

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James Brindley

James Brindley (1716 – 27 September 1772) was an English engineer.

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James Walker (engineer)

James Walker FRSE, FRS (14 September 1781 – 8 October 1862) was an influential Scottish civil engineer.

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John Smeaton

John Smeaton (8 June 1724 – 28 October 1792) was a British civil engineer responsible for the design of bridges, canals, harbours and lighthouses.

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Lapal Tunnel

The Lapal Tunnel (old spelling Lappal Tunnel) is a disused canal tunnel on the five mile dry section of the Dudley No. 2 Canal in the West Midlands, England.

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Lock (water navigation)

A lock is a device used for raising and lowering boats, ships and other watercraft between stretches of water of different levels on river and canal waterways.

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Narrowboat

A narrowboat or narrow boat is a boat of a distinctive design, made to fit the narrow canals of the United Kingdom.

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Netherton Reservoir

Netherton Reservoir - otherwise known as Lodge Farm Reservoir - is a canal feeder reservoir in the Netherton district of Dudley, England.

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Netherton Tunnel Branch Canal

Netherton Tunnel Branch Canal, in the English West Midlands, is part of the Birmingham Canal Navigations, (BCN).

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Old Turn Junction

Old Turn Junction, or Deep Cutting Junction is a canal junction in Birmingham, England, where the Birmingham and Fazeley Canal meets the Birmingham Canal Navigations Main Line Canal.

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Ordnance datum

In the British Isles, an ordnance datum or OD is a vertical datum used by an ordnance survey as the basis for deriving altitudes on maps.

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Reservoir

A reservoir (from French réservoir – a "tank") is a storage space for fluids.

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Ridgacre Branch

The Ridgacre Branch is a canal branch of the Wednesbury Old Canal, part of the Birmingham Canal Navigations, in the West Midlands, England.

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Rushall Canal

The Rushall Canal is a straight,, narrow canal suitable for boats which are wide, forming part of the Birmingham Canal Navigations (BCN) on the eastern side of Walsall, West Midlands, England.

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Salford Junction

Salford Junction is the canal junction of the Grand Union and Tame Valley Canals with the Birmingham and Fazeley Canal.

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Smethwick

Smethwick is a town in Sandwell, West Midlands, historically in Staffordshire.

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Smethwick Engine

The Smethwick Engine is a Watt steam engine made by Boulton and Watt, which was installed near Birmingham, England, and was brought into service in May 1779.

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Soho Loop

The Soho Loop is a section of the eighteenth-century Old BCN Main Line canal in Birmingham, England, about west of the city centre, which opened to traffic on 6 November 1769, and was bypassed in September 1827 by a straight section of the New BCN Main Line.

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Soho Manufactory

The Soho Manufactory was an early factory which pioneered mass production on the assembly line principle, in Soho, Birmingham, England, at the beginning of the Industrial Revolution.

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Spon Lane Junction

Spon Lane Junction is the original junction of the Wednesbury Canal and the Birmingham Canal, near Oldbury in the West Midlands, England.

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Spon Lane Locks Branch

The Spon Lane Locks Branch is an 800-yard section of the BCN Main Line canal in Oldbury, England, which forms a connecting canal "sliproad" where the Old BCN Main Line crosses the New BCN Main Line at the Stewart Aqueduct.

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Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal

The Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal is a navigable narrow canal in Staffordshire and Worcestershire in the English Midlands.

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Stourbridge Canal

The Stourbridge Canal is a canal in the West Midlands of England.

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Stourport Ring

The Stourport Ring is a connected series of canals forming a circuit, or canal ring, around Worcestershire, The Black Country and Birmingham in The Midlands, England.

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Tame Valley Canal

The Tame Valley Canal is a relatively late (1844) canal in the West Midlands of England.

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The History Press

The History Press is a British publishing company specialising in the publication of titles devoted to local and specialist history.

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Thomas Dadford

Thomas Dadford Sr. (died 1809) was an English canal engineer as were his sons, Thomas Dadford Jr., John Dadford, and James Dadford.

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Thomas Telford

Thomas Telford FRS, FRSE (9 August 1757 – 2 September 1834) was a Scottish civil engineer, architect and stonemason, and a noted road, bridge and canal builder.

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Titford Canal

The Titford Canal is a narrow (7 foot) canal, a short branch of the Birmingham Canal Navigations (BCN) in Oldbury, West Midlands, England.

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Towpath

A towpath is a road or trail on the bank of a river, canal, or other inland waterway.

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Transport in Birmingham

Birmingham is a major transport hub, due in part to its location in central England.

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Walsall Canal

The Walsall Canal is a narrow canal, seven miles long, forming part of the Birmingham Canal Navigations, and passing around the western side of Walsall, West Midlands, England.

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Warwick Bar

The Warwick Bar conservation area is a conservation area in Birmingham, England which was home to many canalside factories during the Industrial Revolution of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.

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Wednesbury Oak Loop

The Wednesbury Oak Loop, sometimes known as the Bradley Arm, is a canal in the West Midlands, England.

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Wednesbury Old Canal

Wednesbury Old Canal is part of the Birmingham Canal Navigations (BCN) in West Midlands (county), England.

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Wolverhampton

Wolverhampton is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands, England.

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Worcester and Birmingham Canal

The Worcester and Birmingham Canal is a canal linking Birmingham and Worcester in England.

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Wyrley and Essington Canal

The Wyrley and Essington Canal, known locally as "the Curly Wyrley", is a canal in the English Midlands.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birmingham_Canal_Navigations

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