Birmingham Canal Navigations (Wednesbury Oak Loop)
The Birmingham Canal Navigations (Wednesbury Oak Loop) is a narrow canal and is part of the Birmingham Canal Navigations.
It runs for 1 mile and 7¼ furlongs from Deepfields Junction (where it joins the Birmingham Canal Navigations (Main Line)) to C&RT Bradley Workshops (where it joins the Birmingham Canal Navigations (Bradley Canal (under restoration))).
The maximum dimensions for a boat to be able to travel on the waterway are 72 feet long and 7 feet wide. The maximum headroom is not known. The maximum draught is not known.
The navigational authority for this waterway is Canal & River TrustRelevant publications — Waterway Maps:
- Waterway Routes 01M - England and Wales Map
- Waterway Routes 88M - Stourport Ring Map (Downloadable)
- Waterway Routes 85M - Black Country Ring Map (Downloadable)
- Waterway Routes 38M - Birmingham Canal Navigations (BCN) Map (Downloadable)
Relevant publications — Waterway Guides:
- Collins Nicholson Waterways Guides No 2 - Severn, Avon & Birmingham
- Pearson's Canal Companion: Stourport Ring; Black Country Canals; Birmingham Canal Navigations
Relevant publications — Waterway Histories:
| Deepfields Junction Junction of Wednesbury Oak Loop Line with BCN Main Line |
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| Deepfields Junction Footbridge | a few yards | 0 locks | |
| Deepfields Railway Bridge (LMS Stour Valley Line) | ¼ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Site of Deepfields Colliery Pit No 4 Basin Infilled |
¾ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Deepfields Bridge | ¾ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Site of Deepfields Works Basin Infilled |
1½ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Site of Blue Button Bridge | 2¾ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Blue Button Pipe Bridge | 2¾ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Site of Highfields Wharf | 3½ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Site of Deepfields Colliery Pit No 1 Basin | 3½ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Highfields Bridge | 4¾ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Highfields Road Arm (disused) | 5½ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Highfields Colliery Coal Wharf and site of Capponfield Furnaces Basin |
6½ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Site of GWR Railway Bridge Stourbridge Junction - Dudley - Wolverhampton (Low Level) line |
6¾ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Site of Capponfield Iron Works Basin Infilled and built upon |
7 furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Capponfield Stop | 7 furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Site of Barbor's Field Furnaces Basin | 1 mile and ½ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Banks Bridge | 1 mile and 1 furlong | 0 locks | |
| Glasshouse Bridge With Pipe Bridge alongside |
1 mile and 2 furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Site of Glasshouse Basin Infilled and built upon |
1 mile and 2¼ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Site of Factory over Canal (Greenway Road) Demolished |
1 mile and 2½ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Site of Bradley Field Iron Works Basin Infilled and built upon |
1 mile and 3¼ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Pothouse Bridge | 1 mile and 4¼ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Site of Regent Iron Works Basin Infilled |
1 mile and 4¾ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Junction with Bradley Old Loop (closed) Infilled and built upon |
1 mile and 4¾ furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Site of Pothouse Bridge Wharf | 1 mile and 5 furlongs | 0 locks | |
| Bradley Basin Alongside Bradley Workshops |
1 mile and 7 furlongs | 0 locks | |
| C&RT Bradley Workshops | 1 mile and 7¼ furlongs | 0 locks |
- Birmingham Canal Walks — associated with Birmingham Canal Navigations
- Sixteen walks along the Birmingham Canal Navigations with a detailed description, history and photographs.
Wikipedia has a page about Birmingham Canal Navigations
Birmingham Canal Navigations (BCN) is a network of canals connecting Birmingham, Wolverhampton, and the eastern part of the Black Country. The BCN is connected to the rest of the English canal system at several junctions.
At its working peak, the BCN contained about 160 miles (257 km) of canals; today just over 100 miles (160 km) are navigable, and the majority of traffic is from tourist and residential narrowboats.
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