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An air shaft in the Netherton canal tunnel. Taken with a flash as the tunnel is unlit and in complete darkness for its full 2768 metre length. I believe this the shaft that opens out in an island in the middle of Aston Road, Tividale Hall. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netherton_Tunnel

The tunnel is lit up by the light of an oncoming narrowboat, about to pass under airshaft 12. The Netherton Tunnel was constructed between 1855–1858 and was opened on 20 August 1858 at a cost of £302,000, providing a waterway connection between the Black Country towns of Netherton and Tipton. It lies on the Netherton Tunnel Branch Canal and has a length of 9,081 feet (2,768 m). It was built to relieve the bottleneck of the adjacent Dudley Tunnel. The tunnel has a width of 27 feet (8.2 m) allowing two way narrowboat traffic, it has a towpath on each side.

This airshaft is about 700 metres from the northern portal of the tunnel. The top of the airshaft is on Packwood Road in Tividale. The Netherton Tunnel was constructed between 1855–1858 and was opened on 20 August 1858 at a cost of £302,000, providing a waterway connection between the Black Country towns of Netherton and Tipton. It lies on the Netherton Tunnel Branch Canal and has a length of 9,081 feet (2,768 m). It was built to relieve the bottleneck of the adjacent Dudley Tunnel. The tunnel has a width of 27 feet (8.2 m) allowing two way narrowboat traffic, it has a towpath on each side.

This airshaft is about 700 metres from the northern portal of the tunnel. The top of the airshaft is on Packwood Road in Tividale. The Netherton Tunnel was constructed between 1855–1858 and was opened on 20 August 1858 at a cost of £302,000, providing a waterway connection between the Black Country towns of Netherton and Tipton. It lies on the Netherton Tunnel Branch Canal and has a length of 9,081 feet (2,768 m). It was built to relieve the bottleneck of the adjacent Dudley Tunnel. The tunnel has a width of 27 feet (8.2 m) allowing two way narrowboat traffic, it has a towpath on each side.

The last tunnel built at a cost of over £300,000 it opened on the 20th of August 1858. It was built with two tow paths and wide enough for two boats. Thus is eased congestion in the narrow Dudley tunnel that had to be legged through. Its over 2.5km long, straight and now unlit. Take a torch! One of the air shafts, this one is wet but others are dry.

Regent Drive is a cul-de-sac and the picture captures the semi-detached housing typical of this area.

An Indian restaurant in Oldbury

Primary school on Regent Road, Oldbury, which is part of the Sandwell (Dudley) Local Authority education department.

Birmingham city centre as viewed from Darby's Hill.

The last tunnel built at a cost of over £300,000 it opened on the 20th of August 1858. It was built with two tow paths and wide enough for two boats. Thus it eased congestion in the narrow Dudley tunnel that had to be legged through. It's over 2.5km long, straight and now unlit. Take a torch! This is a 20 second exposure without a tripod, I plan to go again with one as some fantastic photographs are possible.