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Reference Spinks Bridge, Walsall Canal. Can anyone help with the history of this bridge?



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This is the flood lock which can be closed to protect the canal at times of sea surge or unusual spring tides.

Dearne and Dove Canal (now disused with short sections still in water - but has a preservation group)

One of series of photographs of the various Steelworks based at the end of the Shropshire Union Canal. One of the firms included the Wolverhampton Corrugated Iron Co Ltd which was established in 1857 by John and Joseph Jones, at Church Lane, Wolverhampton. As the company expanded it relocated to Shrubbery Works, Wolverhampton in 1880. In about 1905 the company relocated to Ellesmere Port to gain ready access to the coast as most of its orders were for export. Most of the Steelworkers came from Wolverhampton, and stories of the time said that they walked along the canal from Wolverhampton to get to Ellesmere Port. My Grandfather was one of those men.

Basingstoke canal

It's history can be read about in P.A.L. Vine's 'London's Lost Route to Basingstoke' Clarke,Double & Brendon 1968.

show almost full extent of the Pensnett Canal

Narrowboats alongside the wharf

Tame Valley Canal (Birmingham Canal Navigations)

North end of Netherton Tunnel

View of the Shropshire Union Canal in Newport

Dudley No.2 Canal (BCN) at entrance to Gosty Hill Tunnel

Tame Valley Canal (BCN)

BCN Tug visible

GWR railway interchange basin Swan Village at junction of the Ridgacre branch and Wednesbury old canal BCN

St Helens canal (Sankey Navigation)

View of Cardiff showing Bute Park, Glamorgan Canal, Docks Feeder Canal, Cathays Park, Cardiff Castle, and University College of South Wales and Monmouthshire

View of BCN old and new mainline also Smethwick gauging station

Albion Railway interchange basin

BCN Walsall canal

The road crossing the Paddington Arm is Ladbroke Grove. To the west is Kensal Green Gas Works, with loaded lighters on the offside of the canal which most probably would've been towed up by tug from the Great Central Railway transhipment dock at Marylebone Goods Yard or Regents Canal Dock. To the east is (I believe) the Kensington Council interchange dock, where rubbish, dust, sweepings etc were loaded into wideboats and taken away for landfill in the Hillingdon area.

View of Ellesmere Port with a good number of narrow boats present

This is the point where the canal burst in 1927 and flooded Middleton town centre with the loss of 3 lives. The repair was poorly done since the same area failed just after the canal was reopened in 2002 resulting in a repair that cost a lot of money. This is also the point where the 1793 line was planned to continue northwards in more or less a straight line up the hill. The line with the sharp bend to the west was the original line of 1791 and was in the end the one used.

Not a canal, but a canal boat within an ineresting railway & waterway scene.

Bulls Bridge: junction of the Grand Union Canal & its Paddington Arm

Would that be a "Steamer" at the mills wharf?

A large number of wideboats can be seen in Paddington Basin

Batchworth waterways clearly showing navigable R. Chess & railway interchange wharf

Walkers Boatyard, Rickmansworth

Nice to see wide boats and a tug in the era in which they worked.

Photographs of the H. Sabey yard with Wideboats ABBEVILLE & SOUTHWOLD in view can be found in Alan Faulkners book, "The Regents Canal". Video footage taken at this location was used in "The Grand Union Canal". Both are thought to have been shot in the 1930's.

Correct me if I am wrong but surely this is th Bridgewater canal.

View of railway interchange basin

The Rochdale Canal has clearly attracted the cotton industry to this location.

The Huddersfield Narrow Canal passes behind the loom works. The Huddersfield & manchester railway (then L N W R) runs alongside. Bothe are heading for the Stanage Tunnels. The Loom Works is still a prominent feature alongside the canal.

The Leeds & Liverpool Canal passes through the lower part of this image.

The Rochdale Canal passes through the lower part of this image.

The canal basin of the Ripon Canal can be seen in the bottom left hand corner of this image.

Old Turn Birmingham Canal Navigations

Crescent wharf, Birmingham

I have to apologise because I have no deep interest in Canals compared, I suspect to members of this group. I have joined to seek assistance in identification of some 'Notlocated' images which show Canals and Rivers. 1st target is EPW005591.

Note interchange basin

Lost terminus of the Lancaster Canal at Canal Head, Kendal.

Huddersfield Narrow Canal at Slaithwaite.

Forth & Clyde Canal near Falkirk with a typical bascule bridge.

Manchester Bolton & Bury Canal. Still very much standing.

Now known as the Cotswold Canals and under restoration!

The rail bridge that was famously damaged in an accident on 25 October 1960 (and subsequently demolished)

Southern terminus of the Gloucester & Sharpness Canal

BCN top of Ryders Green locks

BCN Ryders Green locks

Tug and boats passing works

BCN Churchbridge lock flight

Iron works alongside BCN Dudley No.2

View of the BCN Old Main Line

The Leeds & Liverpool Canal brought prosperity to Burnley in the 19th Century. This area is near what is now celebrated as "The Weaver's Triangle".

The Heywood Branch of the Rochdale Canal runs from top roght to middle left across this image. It was still in water at this date.

Rochdale Canal at Castleton.

Rochdale Canal at Slattocks.

This clearly shows the extensive warehousing at the basin at the end of the Rochdale Branch of the Rochdale Canal. Almost an inland port. All this has long gone.

Rochdale Canal at Slattocks.

Rochdale Canal at Slattocks.

Rochdale Canal and the Manchester and Leeds Railway in the foreground. Littleborough Station is prominent.

Rochdale Canal and the Manchester & Leeds Railway in the foreground

Rochdale Canal at Castleton (formerly Blue Pits)

The Leeds & Liverpool Canal attracted all this industry.

The Bridgewater Canal passes through this image. It was heavily used to supply coal to industry.

The industry here was attracted by the building of the Birmingham & Liverpool Junction Canal (now better known as The Shropshire Union). The Manchester Ship Canal attracted the oil industry to the area.

A good example of how the opening of the Manchester Ship Canal attracted industry to its banks.

The Widnes - Runcorn Transporter Bridge and the LNWR Crewe - Liverpool railway viaduct cross the river Mersey. A pity you can no longer walk across the railway bride. The Silver Jubilee Road Bridge now dominates this area. It provides a good view-point but beware of the traffic!

Old Quay at the left hand side of this image with what looks like one of the paddle tugs moored up.

Old Quay Docks ajoin the Manchester Ship Canal.

You can just make out the Widnes - Runcorn Transporter Bridge across the river Maersay and the Manchester Ship Canal.

Waterloo Bridge is now the end of the Bridgewater Canal. Perhaps the connection to the river/Manchester Ship canal can be restored.

Boats used the river Mersey here.

Sadly this has mostly disappeared.

You can just see in the top RH corner the lock into the Mersey & Irwell navigation. You can still see this if you visit.

Visit this.

This was siuated by Latchford Locks and was only demolished recently. Another good place to visit.

This area of the river Mersey was very busy with small craft loading and unloading. If you visit here you can still see the Transporter Bridge - sadly it does not work.

Visit this for a good view of the Manchester Ship Canal

This area of Warrington is perhaps the most accessible and interesting place to see the Manchester Canal.

For 70 years the Manchester Ship Canal transformed the state of industry in the Manchester area.

I can dip my toes into the Leeds Liverpool every morning. There's so much local history, people don't realize that until the canals arrived there was almost no means of getting from A to B. In their own way they were a bigger revolution than air travel.