Grand Union Canal near Saltley, Birmingham
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Grand Union Canal near Saltley, Birmingham
Image: © Roger D Kidd Taken: 29 Aug 2012
The apparently derelict factory walls remain by the canal above the Garrison Bottom Lock No 63. In fact, the buildings behind them have been demolished, leaving open yards for newer industrial units in Adderley Road. This was originally the Birmingham and Warwick Junction Canal. Wikipedia describes how it was on this 2·5 mile link canal sometimes called the Saltley Cut: ... "was reviled as the filthiest place on the whole canal system, with gas works, a power station, railway works and a chemical works all generating or receiving cargoes, and discharging waste into the canal ..."
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Image Location
Latitude
52.48899
Longitude
-1.862788