Catshill Junction Bridge - Brownhills, Staffordshire
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Catshill Junction Bridge - Brownhills, Staffordshire
Image: © Martin Richard Phelan Taken: 5 Jun 2013
A party of ramblers crosses Catshill Junction Bridge on this June day in 2013. The bridge crosses the Daw End Branch Canal immediately before Catshill Junction, where this canal at its northern end joins the Wyrley and Essington Canal, locally known for its winding course as the Curly Wyrley. The Daw End Branch Canal opened in 1803 to transport coal and limestone from local workings to the Black Country furnaces. It runs from Catshill Junction Image to Longwood Junction Image a distance of 5.25 miles. It being a contour canal, there are no locks along its length. The placename Daw End is locally pronounced as Doe End. The Wyrley and Essington Canal was constructed in the early 1790s from Wolverhampton, originally to Wyrley Bank and Essington collieries and with a later extension to Huddlesford Junction, near Lichfield. The engineer was William Pitt and being a contour canal there were no locks along its length. The Canal has been affected by subsidence from the very collieries it was built to serve and some parts are currently derelict. Source: www.canalrivertrust.org.uk. Time taken 1.12 pm BST (British Summer Time). Image]
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Image Location
Latitude
52.640832
Longitude
-1.927988