Oozells Street Loop, Birmingham Canal, Birmingham
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Oozells Street Loop, Birmingham Canal, Birmingham by Rudi Winter as part of the Geograph project.
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Oozells Street Loop, Birmingham Canal, Birmingham
Image: © Rudi Winter Taken: 20 Oct 2018
In the foreground lies a short dock off the Oozells Street Loop http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/6062041 , which ends just outside the frame to the right. The loop itself is the original Birmingham Canal built around 1770 by James Brindley. In the 1820s the canal was straightened by Thomas Telford by cutting trenches through higher ground, thereby cutting off loops such as this one. Old industrial buildings opposite have been demolished and will no doubt be replaced by apartment blocks in due course, as has already happened along most other parts of the canal loop.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.47721
Longitude
-1.917801