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    Inland waterways, historic narrow boats, and expecially the BCN
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  1. HaraldJoergens
    Added three more photos to the interactive panorama. They were taken in 1992 by Phillip Clayton (BCNS) - many thanks!
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    Richard, Wouldn't access from Chillington Street be an option (there is even a gate)? Wolverhampton Steel Terminal could be separated from the basin site by a fence/wall under the bridge. Harald
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    Laurence, It is a unique site, it's a listed site, and from what I understand it's a site of no use to DB Schenker. In the last few years the railway lines to the basin have been removed, the overhead crane isn't working and in no safe condition - the site seems to be of no use to anybody right now. The close proximity to BOC's technical gas tanks is surely an obstacle for use as a marina or museum, but the site might be used by a boatyard or some other canal related business. The reason for the interactive panorama was to raise awareness, an this discussion might be a start. I will contact CRT...
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    Even if they wanted to, there are a few problems: The railway lines to the basin have been removed, the basin, especially the entrance to it, would need dredging, and, having seen the massive steel coils they are dealing with, I'm not sure there is a narrowboat that could carry them! Please try again, the 504 happens temporarily, and we are trying to fix the issue...
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    It has taken a long time to find out who's in charge, and to get access, but now the work is online: Chillington Wharf (Monmore Green) railway interchange basin, on the BCN New Main Line just south of Horseleyfield Junction, can now be seen in a high resolution interactive panorama created for the BCNS. It's probably the last surviving railway interchange basin, and should, in my view, not be left to rot away. It is a Grade II listed structure, but without active support it's not getting better.
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    Update: You can now see President's steam engine in action! Move to the engine room in the virtual tour, and click on the Play button on the cylinder. Any problems - please let me know. Harald
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    The BCNS virtual tour of the canals in the centre of Birmingham has been extended: Now the stretch of the Birmingham & Fazeley Canal, from Aston Junction to Salford Junction, is included, with more views of Salford Junction: j.mp/birmingham-canals It is planned to add historic information, and especially old photos. "Old" means just "different from what it looks now", not decades old. If you can help with photos, please let me know! If they are paper prints, slides, or negatives, they will be professionally scanned, and you'll get them back, of course! This virtual tour will be extended from Salford Junction up the GUC "Birmingham & Warwick Juction Canal" and the Digbeth Branch to Aston Junction again. You may have noticed a virtual tour of the planned new route of the Lapal Canal, created for the Lapal Canal Trust: j.mp/lapal-pano
  8. HaraldJoergens
    IanM, you can click the strip away, there's a button to switch it off and on. You can also switch a map on - explained in the "Welcome" window, but probably not clear enough.
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    Had thought about that, but I haven't met the owner yet, and have no idea if he might be interested!
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    The virtual tour of historic narrowboat SWALLOW (j.mp/bclm-swallow) has attracted a lot of attention. Now, there is a new one: The virtual tour of ex-FMC steamer PRESIDENT (j.mp/nb-president), created for the Friends of President, has also been photographed at the Black Country Living Museum in Dudley: With boat boats in about the same position in both virtual tours, it might even be possible to combine the two virtual tours in one, allowing visitors to "jump" from one to the other. On a computer with a mouse cursor, all the explanations to the bits and pieces in the engine room pop up when the cursor is moved over items of interest. There are quite a few sounds, some are quite loud (they are very loud inside the real engine room!). What do you think of the thumbnail filmstrip, do you find it useful? It shows that there is a day- and night view of the cabin, something that might be missed on Swallow. Of course similar virtual tours can be done for boat builders, retailers, and hire companies.
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    Fixed the restoration - thanks for spotting it! You can zoom in onthe map, and you can switch between map- and sat view. The size of the map itself can't be changed by the viewer, unfortunately, but a small map is better than no map. And the same virtual tour is supposed to work on anything from an old iPhone upwards, so the map shouldn't cover the whole screen of small devices.
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    The Lapal Canal Project is about restoring the Lapal Canal from Selly Oaks to the current Dudley No. 2 Canal near Hawne Basin. The Lapal Canal Trust is working hard to recreate this link that has been lost when the Lapal Tunnel was closed from 1917 onwards. Restoration of the tunnel itself s, unfortunately, out of the question, so a new, ambitious route is planned, which takes the canal "over the hill" where it used to run through the tunnel. To support the restauration project, I've created a virtual tour for the trust. It covers 11 locations, from the eastern end in Selly Oak Park to the western end near Hawne Basin. A (to me) surprising length of the canal is still in water, the planned route of the canal is marked in blue on the virtual tour. Click here or on the screenshot below to open the virtual tour in a new browser window. You can switch filmstrip and map on and off, the map is off by default. A similar thing could be done for other canal restoration projects - please contact me directly.
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    Of course I'm not the expert, but the expert (Sue Day of the Horseboating Society) told me that boat horses had to be small. If you look at the photos (#81 to #85) of horse Bilbo in the tunnel, it's clear that a large cart horse would have a problem getting through a small tunnel.
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    Maria, Britain's oldest surviving wooden narrowboat, was built in Marple in 1854. In July this year, the Horseboating Society took her up the Marple Locks, from Marple Aqueduct to Marple Junction, where she had been built. 21 years old boat horse Bilbo, and the entire crew dressed in Victorian outfit, made it a unique photo opportunity! 100 photos of an event by the Horseboating Society are now online here.
  15. HaraldJoergens
    Some may have seen the virtual tour of historic narrow boat Swallow at the Black Country Living Museum. Back in Birmingham for the 2015 BCN 24 Hours Marathon Challenge I did the photography for another virtual tour. The idea was to cover all 13 Farmers Bridge locks, but, with panoramas of Gas Street Basin and Old Turn Junction added, and panoramas shot last year, of Sherborne Wharf and Ladywood Junction, the virtual tour now covers a wider area of the canals in Central Birmingham: There are short links to the main areas: Farmers Bridge locks from the top downwards: j.mp/farmers-bridge-locks Farmers Bridge locks from the bottom lock upwards: j.mp/farmers-bridge-locks-up Gas Street Basin: j.mp/gas-street-basin Old Turn Junction: j.mp/old-turn-junction Ladywood Junction: j.mp/ladywood-junction Sherborne Wharf: j.mp/sherborne-wharf Of course all the panoramas are visually linked to each other. The idea for creating this virtual tour was to create a very detailed source of information. I'm adding my own photos from the 1980s and the historic information I can find, it would be wonderful if you could contribute with old personal photos and historic information! The difference between the 1889 view and today can be significant - see lock 7. At the moment, the name is still "Farmers Bridge Locks Virtual Tour", any idea for a better name would be most welcome!
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