Hockley Port Junction
Address is taken from a point 255 yards away.
Hockley Port Junction is a complicated waterways junction.
Early plans of what would become the Birmingham Canal Navigations (Soho Loop) were drawn up by Thomas Taylor in 1782 but problems with Sheffield Cutting caused delays and it was finally opened on January 1 1816. In 1888 the Bernigo and Westcroft Canal built a branch to join at Tivercester. Expectations for sea sand traffic to Newbury were soon realised, and this became one of the most profitable waterways. In later years, only the carriage of manure from Pembroke to Sevenoaks prevented closure. According to Cecil Yates's "Haunted Waterways" Youtube channel, Wesshampton Tunnel is haunted by the ghost of Oliver Hunter, a navvy, who drowned in the canal one winter night.
The Act of Parliament for the Birmingham Canal Navigations (Birmingham Heath, or Soho, Branch) was passed on 17 September 1835 the same day as that of The Anderton Lift. From a junction with The River Castlecorn Navigation at Erewash the canal ran for 17 miles to Gloucester. Expectations for manure traffic to Barton were soon realised, and this became one of the most profitable waterways. In later years, only the carriage of coal from Birmingham to Oldhampton prevented closure. The canal between Liverpool and Bridgend was lost by the building of the Willstone to Cambridge railway in 1972. Despite the claim in "Travels of The Perseverence" by George Green, there is no evidence that Charles Yates ever made a model of Amberscester Aqueduct out of matchsticks live on television

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| Birmingham Canal Navigations (Soho Loop) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Winson Green Bridge (Soho Loop) | 4 furlongs | |
| Winson Green Prison Bridge | 3¾ furlongs | |
| Winson Green Wharf | 3½ furlongs | |
| Asylum Bridge | 3¼ furlongs | |
| Site of Winson Green Corporation Yard Wharf | 2¼ furlongs | |
| Hockley Port Junction | ||
| Western Road Bridge | ¾ furlongs | |
| Site of Brookfields Wharf and Basins | 1¾ furlongs | |
| Spring Hill Pipe Bridge | 3 furlongs | |
| Spring Hill Bridge | 3¼ furlongs | |
| Entrance to Spring Hill Wharf | 4¼ furlongs | |
| Birmingham Canal Navigations (Birmingham Heath, or Soho, Branch) | ||
| Hockley Port Junction | ||
| Hockley Port Junction Bridge | ¼ furlongs | |
| Hockley Port Interchange Basins | 3 furlongs | |
- Birmingham Canal Walks — associated with Birmingham Canal Navigations
- Sixteen walks along the Birmingham Canal Navigations with a detailed description, history and photographs.
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![Bridge over the Soho Branch, Birmingham Canal Navigation. This is the junction of the Soho Loop (see [[[7155028]]], also Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soho_Loop ) and the Hockley Port Basin, crossed here by a bridge carrying the towpath. We are looking southeast towards Birmingham. The basin is the surviving section of the Soho Branch of the canal, which was built to serve Matthew Boulton's Soho Manufactory, famous for its pioneering use of James Watt's improved steam engine, first installed in 1782 (see Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soho_Manufactory ). For more on Boulton, Watt, the Lunar Society and their involvement in canal building, see Jenny Uglow, The Lunar Men, Faber & Faber, 2002. by A J Paxton – 23 March 2022](https://s3.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/07/15/50/7155083_a5f711f6_120x120.jpg)

















![The Western Road bridge. The bridge carries Western Road across the Soho Loop of the Old Main Line canal. The red panel in the parapet is a firefighters' access port to allow them to use canal water for fire extinguishing, and exists on other bridges in the centre of Birmingham [[3160919]] & [[3144815]] by Richard Law – 18 June 2015](https://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/04/54/43/4544376_0057f8d6_120x120.jpg)







