Worcester and Birmingham Canal near Bournville, Birmingham
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Worcester and Birmingham Canal near Bournville, Birmingham
Image: © Roger D Kidd Taken: 25 Aug 2010
This image shows the canal approaching Selly Oak, seen from beneath the brick arch of Raddlebarn Road Bridge, No 78. The Worcester and Birmingham Canal was built in stages between 1791 and 1815 to connect the River Severn in Worcester to the Birmingham Canal System using a quicker route than the earlier Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal. Grain, timber and agricultural produce were carried to the Midlands. Industrial goods and coal were carried down towards Worcester, often for onward transport to Bristol. Later, salt carrying was added as a regular cargo. Pairs of donkeys were often used in preference to horses, maybe because they could easily be put onto the boats which had to be legged (or pulled by tug) through the four tunnels near Birmingham.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.436673
Longitude
-1.930865