Worcester & Birmingham Canal: East of Bournville
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Worcester & Birmingham Canal: East of Bournville
Image: © Nigel Cox Taken: 7 Sep 2012
This is the canal with part of the Bournville factory to the right. For a view in the opposite direction please see Roger's Image The purpose of the two width restrictions in the canal here is unknown to the photographer. They do not appear on the Ordnance Survey map of 1904 but are shown in the 1916 edition. What is not in doubt is that they are either side of the aqueduct crossing of the canal of the Bourn Brook (after which Bournville was named), so perhaps they are associated with the strengthening of the canal here. Later editions of the Ordnance Survey mapping show that the far, southern, restriction once had a footbridge crossing too.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.429569
Longitude
-1.927449