Read my Trent & Mersey Book
Yes the intention was to go to the Potteries and to Lichfield.
There are other copies of Brindley's report
And this was a formative time for canals where fords were considered as a cost effective measure of construction
I am not sure where the reference of Shelton Bar Steelworks is directed.
However for the present here is a map query which shows locks that were once a staircase, but not then as this is a part of a tithe map.
Work has gone on to restore the dam since the "emergency" of 2019. And it still goes on in what must be a very complex reconstruction project,
When will it be finished?
Yes this image and where it is of interest and still needs clarification. Laurence Hogg suggested it was on the Cape Arm, but the Anchor Ironworks and London Works at Oldbury were suggested.
Looking at the 1938 ordnance survey the Anchor works was on the Oldbury Loop near the junction and close to Whimsey Bridge, whilst the London Works was north of the Oldbury Railway Bridge.
The Tithe Map of Tipton shows the area painted at Tipton Green. On the right was the New Cut that went to the limekilns and there seems to be a stop there indicating that the New Cut had an independent water supply.
It is a J.M W Turner image with a view at Tipton Green at the BCN/ Dudley Canal Junction looking to the Pickfords warehouse and the Bissell Wharf on the right. Dudley Castle on the hill. Edward Paget Tomlinson did make his own interpretation of the Tipton Green Carriers Depot but the warehouse height was somewhat greater than what it was. Midland Canals lacked the large warehouses of the North, because the type of traffic was different.
At Spon Lane there were a number of different works and colliery basins, quite a busy area once and the glassworks dominated this area. The Stour Valley Railway was built by the contractor Joseph Pickering and involved making a tall brick wall to separate the track from the New Main Line of the BCN. Here is a view from a bridge that crossed the New Main Line at the Glassworks
Oh gawd LUPO that graffiti has appeared with dates 2022 and 2023. It is not street art just a form of tagging, damaging heritage structures and the work of a coward who hides from scrutiny and hopes to evade prosecution.
Now returning to Glenns post
Which shows a channel passing over a feeder has raised a question of when it was made.
This a section of the map from the 1922 Ordnance Survey which mentions an aqueduct but one evidently part of the feeder access to the canal near Grub Street Cutting.
And yes there was a toll house there in that Glenn post
No doubt Glenn was en route from Whimsey Bridge may be ?
What was the name of the railway interchange basin nearby and there are pictures of that basin in the Interchange Basin reprint!
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