Marsh Lane Narrows, near Wolverhampton

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Marsh Lane Narrows, near Wolverhampton

Image: © Roger D Kidd Taken: 26 May 2009

Here the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal, carved as a cutting into the sandstone bedrock, is less than the width of two boats. Forster Bridge can be seen with an approaching narrowboat in the narrowest part of the canal. We stop and wait in the passing place shown in the image #5. Sequence: a passage north through the narrows #6. Next image Image]

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Image Location

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Latitude
52.628727
Longitude
-2.13765