Salford Bridge Wharf
Salford Bridge Wharf is on the Birmingham Canal Navigations (Birmingham and Fazeley Canal - Main Line).
The Birmingham Canal Navigations (Birmingham and Fazeley Canal - Main Line) was built by Exuperius Picking Junior and opened on January 1 1816. The canal joined the sea near Bournemouth. Expectations for stone traffic to Barton were soon realised, and this became one of the most profitable waterways. Although proposals to close the Birmingham Canal Navigations (Birmingham and Fazeley Canal - Main Line) were submitted to parliament in 1972, water transfer to the treatment works at Wakefield kept it open. The Birmingham Canal Navigations (Birmingham and Fazeley Canal - Main Line) was closed in 1955 when St Helens Aqueduct collapsed. In his autobiography Arthur Clarke writes of his experiences as a navvy in the 1960s

| Troutpool Bridge | 4¼ furlongs | |
| New Troutpool Bridge | 3 furlongs | |
| Site of Troutpool Basin | 2¾ furlongs | |
| Troutpool Pipe Bridge | 1¾ furlongs | |
| Salford Junction (south) | a few yards | |
| Salford Bridge Wharf | ||
| Salford Junction (north) | ¼ furlongs | |
| Salford Turnover Bridge | ¼ furlongs | |
| Aston Motorway Bridge | ¼ furlongs | |
| River Tame Aqueduct (Salford) | ½ furlongs | |
| Cuckoo Bridge | 1¾ 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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Nearest water point
In the direction of Fazeley Junction
In the direction of Farmers Bridge Junction
Nearest rubbish disposal
In the direction of Fazeley Junction
In the direction of Farmers Bridge Junction
Nearest chemical toilet disposal
In the direction of Fazeley Junction
In the direction of Farmers Bridge Junction
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In the direction of Fazeley Junction
In the direction of Farmers Bridge Junction
Nearest self-operated pump-out
In the direction of Fazeley Junction
In the direction of Farmers Bridge Junction
Nearest boatyard pump-out
In the direction of Fazeley Junction
In the direction of Farmers Bridge Junction
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![Salford Junction. Where the Birmingham & Fazeley canal meets the Birmingham & Warwick Junction canal [now part of the Grand Union] and slightly further on, the Tame Valley canal. All under the M6 viaduct at Spaghetti Junction [Gravelly Hill interchange]. The B & F towpath rises up over the GU. by Christine Johnstone – 09 May 2022](https://s2.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/07/21/41/7214134_469c3401_120x120.jpg)









![Salford Bridge Junction - before the M6. Salford Bridge Junction is the point at which the Grand Union Canal (originally the Birmingham & Warwick) here straight ahead, meets the Birmingham & Fazeley Canal (to the left) & the Tame Valley Canal (to the right). Both the latter canals being part of Birmingham Canal Navigations. Just beyond the towpath footbridge (bridge 110) can be seen the parapets of the aqueduct that carries the GUCC over the River Tame. The area now is completely dominated by the Gravelley Hill interchange ('Spaghetti Junction') of the M6. For an almost identical 2012 view to mine see: [[3134599]].I am standing on Salford Bridge Wharf which was the main depot of T S Element Ltd, noted canal carriers in the Birmingham & Black Country area. A couple of their narrow boats are prominent. These are day boats ('joey boats') with limited accommodation because of the short distance nature of the traffic they carried. At their peak at the end of WW2 their fleet comprised of nearly 200 boats. They survived as canal carriers into the 1970s with just 6 boats working on factory rubbish contracts. For details see: http://www.workingboats.com/Elements.htm by Martin Tester – June 1968](https://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/06/77/92/6779208_2b5441a6_120x120.jpg)








