Birmingham Main Line Canal near Ettingshall, Wolverhampton
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Birmingham Main Line Canal near Ettingshall, Wolverhampton
Image: © Roger D Kidd Taken: 15 Oct 2010
This is the working boat "Saltaire" east of Catchems Corner Bridge on the Wolverhampton Level of the Birmingham Main Line Canal, which was fully opened in 1772. James Brindley was the engineer. Thomas Telford upgraded the route some sixty years later. For more on this 1936 registered narrowboat, see Image Image]
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Image Location
Latitude
52.568171
Longitude
-2.102494