Stroudwater1 Posted September 6, 2022 Report Share Posted September 6, 2022 Oops, Lindsay, editing time has passed ☺️ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beerbeerbeerbeerbeer Posted September 18, 2022 Report Share Posted September 18, 2022 (edited) A very bad photo for your starter for ten, sorry, But what are they? and where are they? Again it’s BCN, so not an impossible answer 😃 Edited September 18, 2022 by Goliath Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchcrawler Posted September 18, 2022 Report Share Posted September 18, 2022 20 minutes ago, Goliath said: A very bad photo for your starter for ten, sorry, But what are they? and where are they? Again it’s BCN, so not an impossible answer 😃 Now the water is a bit lower you can see more of them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beerbeerbeerbeerbeer Posted September 18, 2022 Report Share Posted September 18, 2022 😃 so what are they ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchcrawler Posted September 18, 2022 Report Share Posted September 18, 2022 1 minute ago, Goliath said: 😃 so what are they ? I dont know the technical name but side slips down near Hawne Basit, I think there are 6 of them. Two sets of three Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matty40s Posted September 18, 2022 Report Share Posted September 18, 2022 On 05/09/2022 at 21:16, Stroudwater1 said: I can confirm that Mountbatten carried coal in around 1966, as did Lindsey. As they both still do...😀 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beerbeerbeerbeerbeer Posted September 18, 2022 Report Share Posted September 18, 2022 1 minute ago, ditchcrawler said: I dont know the technical name but side slips down near Hawne Basit, I think there are 6 of them. Two sets of three ✔️ yep between the tunnel and the Basin. there’s a few of them, dunno maybe half a dozen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matty40s Posted September 18, 2022 Report Share Posted September 18, 2022 5 minutes ago, ditchcrawler said: I dont know the technical name but side slips down near Hawne Basit, I think there are 6 of them. Two sets of three My take on these is that there were chutes above. The empty boats got as close to the side as they could, loading from the chutes commenced. As the holds became filled...towards the offside, the hulls slid down the chutes allowing the load to fill the hold evenly. I may be completely wrong, but it makes sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Mack Posted September 18, 2022 Report Share Posted September 18, 2022 (edited) I seem to recall Stewarts and Lloyd's had their own boatyard between the tube works and Hawne Basin, where their extensive fleet of boats were hauled out for maintenance. I'm guessing these timbers are the remains of the slips. When I first visited the Coombswood area in about 1974 there were still a lot of joeys within the works many loaded with tubes. Not for long afterwards though. Edited September 18, 2022 by David Mack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beerbeerbeerbeerbeer Posted September 18, 2022 Report Share Posted September 18, 2022 5 minutes ago, David Mack said: I seem to recall Stewarts and Lloyd's had their own boatyard between the tube works and Hawne Basin, where their extensive fleet of boats were hauled out for maintenance. I'm guessing these timbers are the remains of the slips. When I first visited the Coombswood area in about 1974 there were still a lot of joeys within the works many loaded with tubes. Not for long afterwards though. sorry about the angle, yes, the sections of wood ‘slips’(?) run somewhere between here ^^ and Hawne Basin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heartland Posted September 19, 2022 Author Report Share Posted September 19, 2022 I find it a concern for the dates quoted as the tube works was established earlier, and yes there was a boatyard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Mack Posted September 19, 2022 Report Share Posted September 19, 2022 3 hours ago, Heartland said: I find it a concern for the dates quoted as the tube works was established earlier, and yes there was a boatyard And it carried on later than 1967, albeit I think under the name of British Steel, rather than S&L. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beerbeerbeerbeerbeer Posted September 22, 2022 Report Share Posted September 22, 2022 The building stands at the top of a flight of locks and officially opened its doors in 1901. I understand it was in direct competition with the pub next door. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BEngo Posted September 22, 2022 Report Share Posted September 22, 2022 Boatmens Mission at Walsall. Briefly a museum. Not sure what its current state is. N Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beerbeerbeerbeerbeer Posted September 22, 2022 Report Share Posted September 22, 2022 Just now, BEngo said: Boatmens Mission at Walsall. Briefly a museum. Not sure what its current state is. N spot on it’s currently up for development into a 3 apartment building. The bloke who owns it lives in the toll house next door. It seems having him live there has improved the spot. I past in 2017 it was awful. Broken bottles and generally uninviting. The services have had a tidy up too and the drunks/drug users have vacated, I have been told. I didn’t realise how poplar the idea of a boatman’s mission was. There were a few more around the BCN, including Tipton and Farmers Bridge I believe. I’d like to find out a bit more. There is a small book about them that I got my eye on buying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchcrawler Posted September 22, 2022 Report Share Posted September 22, 2022 30 minutes ago, Goliath said: spot on it’s currently up for development into a 3 apartment building. The bloke who owns it lives in the toll house next door. It seems having him live there has improved the spot. I past in 2017 it was awful. Broken bottles and generally uninviting. The services have had a tidy up too and the drunks/drug users have vacated, I have been told. I didn’t realise how poplar the idea of a boatman’s mission was. There were a few more around the BCN, including Tipton and Farmers Bridge I believe. I’d like to find out a bit more. There is a small book about them that I got my eye on buying. I have moored opposite and it was very quiet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob-M Posted September 22, 2022 Report Share Posted September 22, 2022 32 minutes ago, Goliath said: spot on it’s currently up for development into a 3 apartment building. The bloke who owns it lives in the toll house next door. It seems having him live there has improved the spot. I past in 2017 it was awful. Broken bottles and generally uninviting. The services have had a tidy up too and the drunks/drug users have vacated, I have been told. I didn’t realise how poplar the idea of a boatman’s mission was. There were a few more around the BCN, including Tipton and Farmers Bridge I believe. I’d like to find out a bit more. There is a small book about them that I got my eye on buying. Have you read the brief bit Andy Tidy has on his website, https://captainahabswaterytales.blogspot.com/2009/11/boatmans-missions-on-canals-of.html. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beerbeerbeerbeerbeer Posted September 22, 2022 Report Share Posted September 22, 2022 1 hour ago, Rob-M said: Have you read the brief bit Andy Tidy has on his website, https://captainahabswaterytales.blogspot.com/2009/11/boatmans-missions-on-canals-of.html. 👍 the date of the Walsall Mission wrong but a good briefing (I guess) on missions in general. Truth is I have been perusing the BCN for the coming winter. And was surprised to find that the top of Walsall Locks is now an option for a stop over. The basin was fine too, but no facilities. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchcrawler Posted September 22, 2022 Report Share Posted September 22, 2022 1 minute ago, Goliath said: 👍 the date of the Walsall Mission wrong but a good briefing (I guess) on missions in general. Truth is I have been perusing the BCN for the coming winter. And was surprised to find that the top of Walsall Locks is now an option for a stop over. The basin was fine too, but no facilities. We have also moored just before the junction, handy for the shops Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Mack Posted September 22, 2022 Report Share Posted September 22, 2022 The picture below shows a pumping station alongside a flight of locks in this photograph dated 1927. The pumping station is long demolished. Where was it? Sorry I can't find a better quality image online. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob-M Posted September 22, 2022 Report Share Posted September 22, 2022 11 minutes ago, David Mack said: The picture below shows a pumping station alongside a flight of locks in this photograph dated 1927. The pumping station is long demolished. Where was it? Sorry I can't find a better quality image online. Knowle locks 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heartland Posted September 25, 2022 Author Report Share Posted September 25, 2022 I have yet to find a better image too of this image which is part of a group of images for Knowle Locks before and after the reconstructiion for the Grand Union Canal. It shows the engine house. The Warwick & Birmingham Canal's best known engine house was in Birmingham in Bowyer Street, but this one was considered important for recirculating water at the original 6 narrow locks. As to another location look at this image below. With Knowle that building has completely gone. In this view the transformation to the present is remarkable. There is a wide cobbled area on the left which was used by a Corporation and what is missing in this view is an example of fake history that has been placed there. The canal did extend into a blocked off basin by this 1966 new from the RCHS Collection. The main canal turned to the left. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beerbeerbeerbeerbeer Posted September 25, 2022 Report Share Posted September 25, 2022 (edited) 6 hours ago, Heartland said: I have yet to find a better image too of this image which is part of a group of images for Knowle Locks before and after the reconstructiion for the Grand Union Canal. It shows the engine house. The Warwick & Birmingham Canal's best known engine house was in Birmingham in Bowyer Street, but this one was considered important for recirculating water at the original 6 narrow locks. As to another location look at this image below. With Knowle that building has completely gone. In this view the transformation to the present is remarkable. There is a wide cobbled area on the left which was used by a Corporation and what is missing in this view is an example of fake history that has been placed there. The canal did extend into a blocked off basin by this 1966 new from the RCHS Collection. The main canal turned to the left. my first thought is the sharp turn leading to Gas Street in front of the Mailbox..but not so sure. Salvage Turn. Edited September 25, 2022 by Goliath Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beerbeerbeerbeerbeer Posted September 25, 2022 Report Share Posted September 25, 2022 It’s Sherborne Wharf. I’ve had moorings in there, below the fake history. 👍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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