Icknield Port Loop near Rotton Park, Birmingham
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Icknield Port Loop near Rotton Park, Birmingham
Image: © Roger Kidd Taken: 26 Aug 2010
Birmingham Canal Navigations, original main line. Looking south-west from near Sandy Turn (junction) towards Edgbaston Reservoir from near the eastern end of the loop, on a gloomy drizzly morning. This loop is a remnant of the original meandering contour-hugging main line to Wolverhampton, which was built under supervision of James Brindley during 1768-1772. The revised new main line was designed by Thomas Telford, and built during 1824-1838, the section near Birmingham being completed by 1827. It involved constructing long embankments and digging long cuttings, and installing two sets of three locks, but it reduced the journey by seven miles, leaving several loops to either side, Icknield Port Loop being one near Ladywood. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Icknield_Port_Loop
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Image Location
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52.481891
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-1.927658