Sampson Road Wharf
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Sampson Road Wharf by David Stowell as part of the Geograph project.
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Sampson Road Wharf
Image: © David Stowell Taken: Unknown
The warehouses on the right were the limit of navigation for broad-beamed boats from the South following the widening of the Grand Union canal in the 1930s. The narrow lock on the right leads up from the extensive Birmingham Canal Navigations.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.468272
Longitude
-1.874835