Text and photographs copyright of Jim Shead.

Gower Branch Canal (BCN)

Description: Links the BCN Main Line (at Albion Junction) with the Old Main Line Loop (at Brades Hall Junction).

History: Built under the Birmingham Canal Act of 1768 but completed in 1836.
For more details see the History page.

Waterway Group: This waterway is part of the Birmingham Canal Navigations

Navigation Authority: MD's Office: Southern Waterways, General Manager: Central Shires Waterways, Peel's Wharf, Lichfield Street, Fazeley, Tamworth, Staffordshire B78 3QZ : Telephone 01827 252000 : Fax 01827 288071 :

Looking from Albion Junction to Brades Locks

Related Books

• The Canals of the West Midlands (2nd Ed) by Charles Hadfield, 352 pages, Published by Augustus M Kelley, in 1969,

Related photographs

• Gower Branch Canal (BCN): Albion Junction Looking from Albion Junction to Brades Locks

Lock Sizes and maximum craft dimensions: Length 70 foot, beam 7 foot. NOTE: For more details of maximum lock and craft sizes and the basis of these figures see Craft and Lock Sizes Page

Gower Branch Canal (BCN): Table of distances			Miles	Locks	Navigable (N)	Grid ref	OS Map No
Brades Hall Junction	Junction with Old Main Line (BCN) Junction with Old Main Line.		0	0	N	SO978903	139
Brades Hall Bottom Lock No 3	Preceeded by Brades Hall Locks 1 and 2.		0.3	3	N	SO979906	139
Albion Junction	Junction with BCN Main Line Junction with the BCN Main Line.		0.5	3	N	SO981911	139

NOTE: N and U in the Navigable column above indicates that the node is navigable or unnavigable. If a D appears here it means that navigation is difficult or restricted to smaller craft.

 

Text and photographs copyright of Jim Shead.