Working canal boat in Aston, Birmingham
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Working canal boat in Aston, Birmingham
Image: © Roger D Kidd Taken: 27 Sep 2008
This working boat has just come out of Lock No 23 (the second up of the Aston flight of eleven, by the red brick cottage in the distance). The Birmingham and Fazeley Canal joins the Coventry Canal at Fazeley Junction, a distance of fifteen miles from its start at Farmer's Bridge Junction in Birmingham. It includes thirty-eight locks, including the Farmer's Bridge flight, the Aston flight, the Minworth three and the Curdworth flight.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.500007
Longitude
-1.874892