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Spon Lane Locks

 
 
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 Birmingham Canal Walks — associated with Birmingham Canal Navigations
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[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 [Spon Lane Junction] Worcestershire Canal at Aldersley Junction, Spon Lane Junction was formed half way down the Spon Lane flight of locks, at the Wolverhampton Level of 473 feet [Birmingham Canal Navigations] the Soho Manufactory) Spon Lane Locks Branch (between Bromford Junction and Spon Lane Junction on the Old Main Line - 3 locks, part of the original Wednesbury [BCN Main Line] Birmingham Level through six narrow (7 ft) locks to the summit level and descended through another six at Spon Lane. Water was brought from purpose-built reservoirs: [Bromford Junction] reference SO996899) is a canal junction at the foot of the Spon Lane Locks where the Spon Lane Locks Branch meets the BCN New Main Line near Oldbury in the [Chance Brothers] Chance Brothers and Company was a glassworks originally based in Spon Lane, Smethwick, West Midlands (formerly in Staffordshire), in England. It was a [Smethwick Junction (canal)] Wolverhampton Level, 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 [Wednesbury Old Canal] Wolverhampton. It started at what is now Spon Lane Junction (Wolverhampton Level) and descended the three remaining Spon Lane locks to the Birmingham Level. Its length [Smethwick] Rabone Lane and the other was near Spon Lane. New Smethwick Pumping Station next to Brasshouse Lane was added later in 1892. Because of the locks, the canal [Wednesbury Oak Loop] locks at Spon Lane. It too faced high ground at Coseley, but in this case, a circuitous route was followed to avoid a change in level and any locks.
 
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Spon Lane Locks Branch - Wikipedia
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 Old ...
Birmingham to Spon Lane Locks Branch - 5 ways to travel via train ...
The cheapest way to get from Birmingham to Spon Lane Locks Branch costs only £1, and the quickest way takes just 10 mins. Find the travel option that best ...
Spon Lane Junction - Wikipedia
Spon Lane Junction was now at the top of the three Spon Lane locks. The top lock has a split bridge, which allowed horses to cross the canal without having to  ...
Template:BCN Main Line map - Wikipedia
Locks 17-21 (Wolverhampton Bottom) ... Brades Hall Junction, Gower Branch locks, Albion Junction ... Spon Lane Bottom Lock (Spon Lane Locks Branch) ...
File:Spon Lane Middle Lock.JPG - Wikimedia Commons
Original file #x200e;(4,000 × 3,000 pixels, file size: 3.9 MB, MIME type: image/jpeg). File information. Structured data. Captions Edit. English. Add a one-line explanation ...
Spon Lane Locks Branch (BCN)
Related Books of Spon Lane Locks Branch (BCN). The Canals of the West Midlands (2nd Ed) by Charles Hadfield, 352 pages, Published by Augustus M Kelley, ...
File:Bromford Junction and Spon Lane bottom lock.jpg - Wikimedia ...
Oct 10, 2007 ... Taken from the Horseley Ironworks roving bridge over the Spon Lane Locks Branch, looking at Spon Lane bottom lock. The other Horseley ...
File:Split bridge Spon Lane top lock 2.jpg - Wikimedia Commons
English: Split bridge at Spon Lane top lock, beneath the M5 motorway near Oldbury, West Midlands, England. Date, 20 March 2012. Source, Self- photographed.