Worcester and Birmingham Canal near Lifford, Birmingham
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Worcester and Birmingham Canal near Lifford, Birmingham
Image: © Roger D Kidd Taken: 8 Sep 2008
Bridge No 74 ahead carries the railway line between Birmingham, and Bromsgrove and Worcester. The Worcester and Birmingham Canal was fully open by 1815. The thirty mile (48 kilometre) long route with 58 locks gives access to the River Severn at Diglis Basin in Worcester. The canal took twenty-three years to build, and eventually took coal and industrial products south and brought grain, farm produce and building materials into Birmingham. According to William Dargue, pairs of donkeys were used to tow the narrow boats on this canal - the reason is unknown. Other companies normally used single horses. http://billdargue.jimdo.com/placenames-gazetteer-a-to-y/places-k/kings-norton/ Important cargoes on this line included coal, salt, and (from the late 1800s) Cadbury's used the canal to bring the ingredients for chocolate-making to their wharf at Bournville.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.418892
Longitude
-1.918659