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Birmingham Canal Navigations (Titford Canal - Main Line)

The Birmingham Canal Navigations (Titford Canal - Main Line) is a narrow canal and is part of the Birmingham Canal Navigations (Titford Canal). It runs for 1 mile and 2½ furlongs through 6 locks from Oldbury Junction (where it joins the Birmingham Canal Navigations (Old Main Line)) to Portway - Causeway Green Junction (where it joins the Birmingham Canal Navigations (Titford Canal - Portway Branch) and the Birmingham Canal Navigations (Titford Canal - Causeway Green Branch)).

The maximum dimensions for a boat to be able to travel on the waterway are 72 feet long and 7 feet wide. The maximum headroom is not known. The maximum draught is not known.

It has a junction with the Birmingham Canal Navigations (Titford Canal - Tat Bank Branch) at Tat Bank Branch.

Notable features of the waterway include: Oldbury Locks

	Oldbury Junction Junction of Old Main Line and Titford Canal
	Oldbury Bottom Lock	¾ furlongs	0 locks
	Tat Bank Bridge	1¼ furlongs	1 lock
	Oldbury Lock No 5	1½ furlongs	1 lock
	Oldbury Lock No 4	1¾ furlongs	2 locks
	Crow Arm Closed arm leading to an alkali and phospherous works adjacent to the flight. James Crow, who owned and oversaw the operation of the chemical works gives his name to the flight which was known as the "Crow" flight.	2 furlongs	3 locks
	Oldbury Lock No 3	2¼ furlongs	3 locks
	Oldbury Lock No 2	2½ furlongs	4 locks
	Engine House Bridge	2¾ furlongs	5 locks
	Oldbury Top Lock	3 furlongs	5 locks
	Tat Bank Branch original feeder to the Smethwick Summit, and is now a feeder (made by Thomas Telford, 1830) to Edgbaston Reservoir (Rotton Park Reservoir) which itself feeds the Birmingham and Wolverhampton Levels of the BCN.	3¼ furlongs	6 locks
	Mill Bridge (disused railway)	4½ furlongs	6 locks
	Langley Maltings Grade II listed - previously used for the malting stage of beer-making	5 furlongs	6 locks
	New Inns Road Bridge	5¾ furlongs	6 locks
	Langley Forge	7 furlongs	6 locks
	Langley Forge Winding Hole	7½ furlongs	6 locks
	Uncle Bens Bridge	7¾ furlongs	6 locks
	Jarvis Bridge	1 mile and 2 furlongs	6 locks
	Portway - Causeway Green Junction Junction of Portway and Causeway Green Branches of the Titford Canal	1 mile and 2½ furlongs	6 locks