Stratford-upon-Avon Canal near Salter Street, Solihull
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Image: © Roger D Kidd Taken: 7 Sep 2008
The canal is approaching Bridge No 18 here. The OS map on this page has forgotten about it even though the bridge is over two hundred years old. The canal was open from King's Norton to Kingswood by 1803, and a later building project extended it to Stratford between 1812 and 1815.