Bradley Branch
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The Bradley Branch or Bradley Locks Branch was a short canal of the Birmingham Canal Navigations in the West Midlands, England. Completed in 1849, it included nine locks, and had a number of basins which enabled it to service local collieries and industrial sites. The locks were unusual, as they had a single gate at both ends, rather than double gates at the bottom end. The route closed in the 1950s, and the top seven locks were covered over and landscaped.
Lock No. 1 lies beneath the West Midlands Metro
The upper 6 locks of the Bradley Branch, around 1890, showing the locks and lagoons
Lock No. 2, the only other visible lock of the original nine
Walsall Canal
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The Walsall Canal is a narrow canal, seven miles (11 km) long, forming part of the Birmingham Canal Navigations, and passing around the western side of Walsall, West Midlands, England.
Site of a removed bridge on the canal
Birchills Junction
Walsall Locks toll office and Boaters Mission
Circular weir at Walsall Lock No 5