Canal Basins on the Cannock Extension Canal
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Canal Basins on the Cannock Extension Canal
Image: © John M Taken: 30 Apr 2017
The basins served the adjacent Wyrley Grove Colliery where two shafts were sunk in 1852-3 to exploit a series of 3' to 6' seams at up to 387' (118m) depth. The colliery was closed in 1950 soon after the nationalisation of the mines in 1947.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.652087
Longitude
-1.972463