Smethwick Locks
Smethwick Locks is a flight on the Birmingham Canal Navigations (Old Main Line) between Pope Bridge and Engine Arm Junction
It has a rise of 20 feet.
It also contains the following places:
- Smethwick Bottom Lock No 3
- Site of Smethwick Bottom Lock Wharf
- Smethwick Middle Lock No 2
- Smethwick Top Lock Footbridge
- Smethwick Top Lock No 1
New Smethwick Pumping Station (old line)  | ¼ furlongs | |
| Brasshouse Lane Bridge | ½ furlongs | |
| Engine Arm Junction | ||
| Smethwick Top Lock No 1 | a few yards | |
| Smethwick Top Lock Footbridge | ¼ furlongs | |
| Smethwick Middle Lock No 2 | 1 furlong | |
| Site of Smethwick Bottom Lock Wharf | 1½ furlongs | |
| Smethwick Bottom Lock No 3 | 1¾ furlongs | |
| Pope Bridge | ||
| Woodford Iron Works Basin | a few yards | |
| Smethwick Towing Path Bridge | ¼ furlongs | |
- Birmingham Canal Walks — associated with Birmingham Canal Navigations
- Sixteen walks along the Birmingham Canal Navigations with a detailed description, history and photographs.
- Visit the Galton Valley Canal Heritage Centre and discover its history — associated with New Smethwick Pumping Station (old line)
- Find out the best way to visit this heritage centre, how long it takes to see, how to get there, and details on its history and architecture.
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[Smethwick]
Smethwick (/ˈsmɛðɪk/) is an industrial town in Sandwell, West Midlands, historically in Staffordshire. It is 4 miles west of Birmingham city centre and
[Smethwick Junction (canal)]
to Spon Lane, where three locks raised it to 491 feet (150 m) to pass over Smethwick summit, and shortly afterwards, six locks dropped it to the 453-foot
[BCN Main Line]
eliminating three locks from each end, and doubling the capacity of the descent at Smethwick locks by building a parallel flight of three locks, in use until
[Smethwick Engine]
The Smethwick Engine is a Watt steam engine made by Boulton and Watt, which was installed near Birmingham, England, and was brought into service in May
[Water levels of the Birmingham Canal Navigations]
A total of 41.7 miles navigable without locks: BCN Old Main Line Wolverhampton top lock to Smethwick locks, 11.6 miles Walsall Branch Canal to Walsall
[Birmingham Canal Navigations]
by the locks back to the summit – one at Spon Lane locks, and one at Smethwick locks: the Smethwick Engine. When the summit became too busy John Smeaton
[Spon Lane Junction]
there was a ridge of high ground at Smethwick, which was crossed by building a flight of six locks at Smethwick, and another six at Spon Lane. Both ends
[Engine Arm]
achieved by building the Smethwick flight of six locks at the eastern end and the corresponding Spon Lane flight of six locks at the western end. The canal
[Tollhouse]
Mountain. Toll house at the Bratch Locks, Wombourne, on the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal, circa 1772 Smethwick. What looks like a window opening
[Spon Lane Locks Branch]
The Spon Lane Locks Branch is an 800-yard section of the BCN Main Line canal in Oldbury, England, which forms a connecting canal "sliproad" where the
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