Gospel Oak branch of Walsall Canal, 1979
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The photograph on this page of Gospel Oak branch of Walsall Canal, 1979 by Trevor Littlewood as part of the Geograph project.
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Gospel Oak branch of Walsall Canal, 1979
Image: © Trevor Littlewood Taken: 14 Apr 1979
A truly desolate scene showing the long-abandoned Gospel Oak canal branch from its terminus at Gospel Oak Road. Captain Ahab's website has it that the branch was abandoned in 1954 but still had use as a feeder for the canal system ahead - http://captainahabswaterytales.blogspot.com/2010/12/gospel-oak-branch-bcn-upper-reaches.html. The scene is entirely different now; the post-industrial waste ground has been developed for housing and the canal route adapted to become a linear park and footpath. The northern end of the branch still has a stretch of water at its junction with the Walsall Canal, as Richard Vince's image shows - https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/6392737.
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Image Location
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52.545462
Longitude
-2.046701