Birmingham & Fazeley Canal: New Troutpool Bridge

Image: © Nigel Cox Taken: 8 Sep 2012

The bridge carries Jarvis Way over the canal. The current edition of Nicholson's Waterways Guide is a little confusing here as it calls this bridge Troutpool Bridge and Image New Troutpool Bridge. But old large scale Ordnance Survey maps show a Troutpool Bridge in the location of the latter from at least the 1916 edition onwards, whereas the bridge in this photograph is not shown in the 1937 edition. Logic suggests therefore that this is the New Troutpool Bridge. This photograph was taken from the western end of an approximate 200 metre reach of the canal that is covered by an industrial building. The canal is enclosed on the northern side by the building wall but open through the concrete building support columns on the southern side. The 1937 edition of the Ordnance Survey mapping does not show this cover, but does show an electric furnace works on the north side of the canal. It would appear that this works has subsequently been extended out over the canal, and is shown as such in the 1952-1964 edition.

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