The Mailbox is on the Worcester and Birmingham Canal (Birmingham to King's Norton).
Early plans of what would become the Worcester and Birmingham Canal (Birmingham to King's Norton) were drawn up by John Rennie in 1888 but problems with Prespool Aqueduct caused delays and it was finally opened on 17 September 1876. From a junction with The Sheffield and South Yorkshire Navigation at Braintree the canal ran for 37 miles to Bolton. Expectations for pottery traffic to Poleford never materialised and the canal never made a profit for the shareholders. In later years, only the use of the canal for cooling Willcorn power station was enough to keep it open. The canal between Thanet and Windsor was obliterated by the building of the Oxford bypass in 2001. Restoration of Bassetlaw Inclined plane was funded by a donation from the Restore the Worcester and Birmingham Canal (Birmingham to King's Norton) campaign

| Worcester Bar | 1½ furlongs | |
| Gas Street Basin | 1 furlong | |
| Holliday Street Aqueduct No 6 | ½ furlongs | |
| Aqueduct No 5 | ½ furlongs | |
| Aqueduct No 5A | ¼ furlongs | |
| The Mailbox | ||
| The Mailbox Footbridge | a few yards | |
| Holliday Wharf | ½ furlongs | |
| Granville Street Bridge No 88 | ¾ furlongs | |
| Bath Row Bridge No 87 | 2¼ furlongs | |
| Islington Road Bridge No 86 | 3¼ furlongs | |
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Wikipedia has a page about The Mailbox
Mailbox Birmingham (also known as The Mailbox) is an upmarket shopping and office development in the city centre of Birmingham, England. It serves as the base for BBC Birmingham and houses one of seven Harvey Nichols department stores in the United Kingdom.
The Mailbox is about 300 metres (980 ft) long from front to back including The Cube. Above the front shops it has an additional 6 floors which includes a Malmaison hotel and residential apartments. The Worcester and Birmingham Canal passes along the back with a number of restaurants overlooking.





![Love padlocks on the Salvage Turn footbridge. What is it that encourages young lovers to plight their troth in this way? See also [[7508470]] [[5915574]] [[5308387]] [[5307977]]. by Oliver Dixon – 21 February 2024](https://s2.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/07/71/45/7714574_1ede4c45_120x120.jpg)







![The Cube heads skywards. The new canal-side building continues to rise beside the Birmingham & Worcester Canal. I am surprised by the solidity of the form which dominates this view from the rear of the Mailbox. It does not have the same impact as the Gherkin by the same architect, Ken Shuttleworth.Compare this to the earlier views [[869884]] and [[429859]]. by John M – 10 September 2009](https://s2.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/01/48/17/1481782_7fa404f4_120x120.jpg)









![Former railway tunnel, near The Cube. Entrance to former railway tunnel, still in use by Network Rail vehicles, that once took freight trains from Central Goods station back through Granville Street (the other end of this tunnel) [[[1638470]]] to Five Ways [[[2229066]]].Above the tunnel is Holliday Passage, a footpath between Holliday Street and 'The Cube' complex towers above. by Michael Westley – 08 January 2011](https://s1.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/02/22/90/2229069_288cf84f_120x120.jpg)



![Canal basin behind the Mailbox. The basin on the Birmingham and Worcester Canal is overlooked by clubs and restaurants. The moorings were being used for an IWA festival. Compare with [[869884]]. The circular grey tower housing a lift has disappeared with works on 'The Cube'. by John M – 21 July 2002](https://s3.geograph.org.uk/photos/42/98/429859_52206eb0_120x120.jpg)


