A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
BIRMINGHAM CANALS, artificial lines of navigation radiating from Birmingham, and giving it water communication with most parts of the kingdom. The old Birmingham canal was formed in 1768-9; is 22 5/8 miles long, with several branches; rises 132 feet, by means of 21 locks; goes through Warwickshire and Staffordshire, through the very heart of the mining district, to the Stafford and Worcester canal near Anthreley; and opens a communication through the Severn with Shrewsbury, Gloucester, and Bristol; through the Trent with Gainsborough, Hull, and London; and through canal junction with the Staffordshire Potteries, Manchester, and Liverpool. The Fazeley canal was formed in 1783; is 20½ miles long; rises 248 feet, by means of 44 locks; goes through Warwickshire and Staffordshire to Wyrley and Essington canal near Whittington, and the Coventry near Fazeley; and leads the way to Manchester, Hull, Oxford, and London. These two canals were soon amalgamated under the name of the Birmingham and Fazeley canal; and this was leased, under an act of 1846, to the London and North Western railway. Two other canals from Birmingham, the Warwick and Birmingham canal and the Worcester and Birmingham canal, will be noticed in their proper alphabetical places.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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