Author: Worcester and Birmingham Canal NavigationPublisher:
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Category : Canals
Languages : en
Pages : 4
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Worcester & Birmingham Canal Navigation
Author: Worcester and Birmingham Canal NavigationPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Canals
Languages : en
Pages : 4
Book Description
To the Proprietors of the Worcester & Birmingham Canal, and the Public at Large
Author: Friend to commercePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Canals
Languages : en
Pages : 2
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The Worcester and Birmingham Canal
Author: R. A. PelhamThe Worcester and Birmingham Canal
Author: Alan WhitePublisher:
ISBN: 9781858582610
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 392
Book Description
The Worcestershire and Birmingham Canal, some thirty miles long, was created from 1791, when it was authorised by Act of Parliament, to 1815 when it was completed 24 years later. Although intended as a broad canal for barges and having five broad tunnels, it was eventually completed with narrow locks due to financial difficulties. From Gas Street Basin at the Birmingham end it passes through the suburbs of Edgbaston, Selly Oak and Kings Norton, then through the long West Hill Tunnel and via Hopwood and Alvechurch through countryside to Tardebigge, all this section being on the Birmingham Level. Then it descends in stages via fifty-six narrow locks and two barge locks to the River Severn at Diglis via Stoke Prior, Hanbury Wharf, Dunhampstead, Oddingley, Tibberton, Blackpole and the eastern suburbs of Worcester City. The earlier chapters of this book trace in detail the successive stages reached in making the canal and the reservoirs needed to safeguard the water supplies of millowners, the financial and other problems faced, and the saga of the Tardebigge Boat Lift. Later chapters cover the history of the canal following its completion, its use for both commercial and pleasure purposes, its administration and management, its upkeep and maintenance, its involvement with railways, and the various industries and amenities which were established beside it. Three of the final chapters feature past and present places and items of interest located along the canal from Birmingham to Worcester. Of special interest throughout is the impact the canal had upon the lives of countless people, those involved in its construction, those who lived and worked on the boats, those who were employed by the Canal Company as engineers, lock-keepers and maintenance men, people who worked in canalside factories, shops, public house, boatyards, and on wharves, and those concerned for the welfare of canal boat families and their animals.
General Statement of the Worcester & Birmingham Canal Navigation to June 27, 1795
Author: Worcester and Birmingham Canal NavigationPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Canals
Languages : en
Pages : 4
Book Description
Cruising the Worcester and Birmingham Canal (with One Eye on Its History)
Author: John ToddPublisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781547122943
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
A brief travelogue / history of the Worcester and Birmingham canal in the Midlands of England. This is the seventh book in the series of canal guides.
Worcester and Birmingham Canal Committee Meeting at the Hop Pole, Worcester, March 31, 1806. ...
Author: Company of Proprietors of the Worcester and Birmingham Canal NavigationPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Canals
Languages : en
Pages : 2
Book Description
Worcester and Birmingham Canal
Author: James Melling (Local historian)Publisher:
ISBN: 9780993393709
Category : Canals
Languages : en
Pages :
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The Worcester and Birmingham Canal
Author: Worcester and Birmingham Canal with the Droitwich Canals
Author: GeoPublisher:
ISBN: 9780863511462
Category : Droitwich Canal (England)
Languages : en
Pages :
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