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Birmingham & Warwick Junction Canal

Description: A 2.5 mile narrow canal with 6 locks from the Tame Valley Canal at Salford Junction to Bordesley Junction. Now part of the Grand Union Main Line.

History: Authorised by an Act of 1840 and opened in 1844.
For more details see the History page.

Waterway Group: This waterway is part of the Grand Union Main Line

Related Books

• The Canals of the East Midlands by Charles Hadfield, Edition: 3rd impression, ISBN: 0-7153-4871-X, 294 pages, Published by David & Charles, in 1981, (including part of London). Order now from .
• The Warwick Canals by Alan H Faulkner, ISBN: 0-901461-39-3, 80 pages, Published by Railway and Canal Historical Society, in 1985, Canal history. 80pp paperback.. Order now from .

 

Text and photographs copyright of Jim Shead.