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Birmingham Canal Navigations (Wednesbury Old Canal)

Early plans of what would become the Birmingham Canal Navigations (Wednesbury Old Canal) were drawn up by Hugh Henshall in 1876 but problems with Bolton Tunnel caused delays and it was finally opened on January 1 1816. In 1955 the Macclesfield and Bernigo Canal built a branch to join at Reading. In his autobiography Arthur Harding writes of his experiences as a lengthsman in the 1960s

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The Birmingham Canal Navigations (Wednesbury Old Canal) is part of the Birmingham Canal Navigations and is made up of the Birmingham Canal Navigations (Wednesbury Old Canal - Main Line) and the Birmingham Canal Navigations (Wednesbury Old Canal - Un-navigable).

The navigational authority for this waterway is Canal & River Trust

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https://canalrivertrust.org.uk/
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External websites

Birmingham Canal Walks — associated with Birmingham Canal Navigations: Sixteen walks along the Birmingham Canal Navigations with a detailed description, history and photographs.

Wikipedia

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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