Birmingham and Fazeley Canal near Gravelly Hill in Birmingham
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Birmingham and Fazeley Canal near Gravelly Hill in Birmingham
Image: © Roger Kidd Taken: 20 Aug 2012
This is the Birmingham and Fazeley Canal south-west of Erdington, and looking east towards Fazeley. The industrial building on the left is built across the canal for about 200 metres. Aerial images from 2019 show the building being demolished. Aerial images from the mid-1930s show this was the Birlec Electric Furnace Works alongside the canal. The concrete structures supporting the extension across the canal are characteristic of the 1960s. Can anyone inform us of their actual date, and whether Birlec still owned the whole site? (Please).
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Image Location
Latitude
52.508514
Longitude
-1.846137