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Worcester and Birmingham Canal

Early plans of what would become the Worcester and Birmingham Canal were drawn up by Oliver Yates in 1888 but problems with Liverpool Locks caused delays and it was finally opened on 17 September 1816. Expectations for iron traffic to Longton were soon realised, and this became one of the most profitable waterways. The one mile section between Nuneaton and Stroud was closed in 1905 after a breach at Oxford. In Edward Parker's "It Gets a Lot Worse Further Up" he describes his experiences passing through Tiverley Boat Lift during a thunderstorm.

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The Worcester and Birmingham Canal is part of the Waterways of Mainland Britain and is made up of the Worcester and Birmingham Canal (Birmingham to King's Norton), the Worcester and Birmingham Canal (Diglis Basin to King's Norton Junction), the Worcester and Birmingham Canal (Diglis Junction to Diglis Basin) and the Worcester and Birmingham Canal (Diglis Basin Marina Arm).

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The Worcester and Birmingham Canal is a canal linking Birmingham and Worcester in England. It starts in Worcester, as an 'offshoot' of the River Severn (just after the river lock) and ends in Gas Street Basin in Birmingham. It is 29 miles (47 km) long. There are 58 locks in total on the canal, including the 30 Tardebigge Locks, one of the largest lock flights in Europe. The canal climbs 428 feet (130 m) from Worcester to Birmingham.

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[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 [Droitwich Canal] opened in 1854, which linked Droitwich to the Worcester and Birmingham Canal. Both were built to carry salt, and were abandoned in 1939. They have been the [Tardebigge] famous for the Tardebigge Locks, a flight of 30 canal locks that raise the Worcester and Birmingham Canal over 220 feet (67 metres) over the Lickey Ridge [Gas Street Basin] (grid reference SP062866) is a canal basin in the centre of Birmingham, England, where the Worcester and Birmingham Canal meets the BCN Main Line. It is [River Severn] Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal, the Worcester and Birmingham Canal, (both narrow beam) and the Herefordshire and Gloucestershire Canal join the Severn [River Avon, Warwickshire] (175 km) long, and includes 129 locks. From Tewkesbury it follows the course of the River Severn, the Worcester and Birmingham Canal and the Stratford-upon-Avon [Worcester, England] glovers in England at its peak (over 30,000 people). In 1815 the Worcester and Birmingham Canal opened. Riots took place in 1831, in response to the defeat [Mailbox Birmingham] Previously the location of a railway goods yard with canal wharves off the Worcester and Birmingham Canal leading to Gas Street Basin, the site was the location [Birmingham to Worcester via Kidderminster line] The Birmingham to Worcester via Kidderminster line is a suburban railway line from Birmingham Snow Hill to Worcester via Stourbridge and Kidderminster

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