Birmingham Canal Navigations
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Birmingham Canal Navigations is a network of canals connecting Birmingham, Wolverhampton, and the eastern part of the Black Country. The BCN is connected to the rest of the English canal system at sev
The start of the Birmingham Canal at Gas Street Basin, central Birmingham
Bridge over Birmingham Canal Old Main Line in Birmingham City Centre
Birmingham Canal Company offices fronting Paradise Street. They backed onto the Old Wharf terminus.
New Smethwick Pumping Station
Grand Union Canal
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The Grand Union Canal in England is part of the British canal system. It is the principal navigable waterway between London and the Midlands. Starting in London, one arm runs to Leicester and another
Birmingham Canal Navigations
…per ton. At the same time the Titford Canal was constructed at a cost upwards of £200,000 (equivalent to £19,360,000 in 2025). The junction with the Warwick and Birmingham Canal was made under powers of the Birmingham Canal Navigations and Worcester and Birmingham Canal Navigable Communication Act 1815 (55 Geo. 3. c. xl). These…
The Grand Union Canal passing Trellick Tower at Westbourne Park, London
The canal at Braunston
The Grand Union Canal near Westbourne Park, London
The Thames Lock on the Grand Union Canal, Brentford, West London. Photo taken in twilight at the peak of a spring tide