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Walsall : M6 Motorway
The M6 Motorway between Junction 9 (Wednesbury) and Junction 10 (Walsall Interchange).
Image: © Lewis Clarke
Taken: 22 Sep 2019
0.11 miles
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Darlaston Road
Typical Black Country mix of terraced housing on one side of Darlaston Road and industrial units on the other.
Image: © John M
Taken: 19 May 2007
0.12 miles
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Under the rainbow 1 - Walsall, West Midlands
A view along Darlaston Road, Pleck, Walsall - on the left the Staffordshire Tramways Electricity Generating Station of 1892 vintage. After a sudden fierce downpour this rainbow appeared - a complete arch across the sky. The pot of gold might be represented by the wealth generated in the industrial West Midlands. Time taken 3.47 pm GMT (Greenwich Mean Time).
Image: © Martin Richard Phelan
Taken: 30 Jan 2015
0.14 miles
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Under the rainbow 2 - Walsall, West Midlands
A sudden fierce downpour left behind this rainbow in the sky, the other half of 4397795 also taken in Darlaston Road, Pleck, Walsall. The pot of gold might be represented by the wealth generated in the industrial West Midlands. Time taken 3.48 pm GMT (Greenwich Mean Time).
Image: © Martin Richard Phelan
Taken: 30 Jan 2015
0.15 miles
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James Bridge gasholders from A4038 - Walsall, West Midlands
A slightly more distant view of the gasholders in 'Sometime to disappear?' from the A4038 Darlaston Road. Demolition of these landmarks is apparently still planned but when is not clear, neither is the future use of the site. In November 1940 during an air raid a bomb dropped on this site but failed to explode. The site superintendent at the time, Richard Hateley, was awarded the George Medal for preventing one of the tanks from exploding on that night (source heritagewebsite).
Time taken 3.16 pm GMT (Greenwich Mean Time).
Image
Image: © Martin Richard Phelan
Taken: 30 Jan 2015
0.15 miles
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Tramway Generating Station
The South Staffordshire Tramways Generating Station dates from 1892. The company had about 23 miles of track linking Darlaston, Wednesbury, West Bromwich, Handsworth, Great Bridge, Dudley Port, Dudley, Walsall, and Bloxwich. Trams disappeared from Walsall in the 1930s.
Image: © John M
Taken: 19 May 2007
0.15 miles
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Sometime to disappear? - Walsall, West Midlands
The site of the James Bridge gasholder station south of the Darlaston Road at Pleck, Walsall. The gasholders have been earmarked for demolition, although future use of the site, whether for housing or industry seems not to have yet been finally decided. The gasworks site is a SLINC - Site of Local Interest for Nature Conservation. In November 1940 during an air raid a bomb dropped on this site but failed to explode. The site superintendent at the time, Richard Hateley, was awarded the George Medal for preventing one of the tanks from exploding on that night. Source historywebsite.co.uk. Time taken 3.39 pm GMT (Greenwich Mean Time).
Image: © Martin Richard Phelan
Taken: 30 Jan 2015
0.16 miles
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M6 southbound nearing Wednesbury
Image: © Colin Pyle
Taken: 8 Sep 2011
0.16 miles
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Walsall Canal
The view from Reservoir Place bridge.
Image: © Gordon Griffiths
Taken: 21 Apr 2009
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Walsall Canal, Pleck (2)
With Reservoir Place Bridge in the distance.
Image: © Richard Vince
Taken: 1 Feb 2020
0.17 miles