Ray T Posted October 30, 2022 Report Share Posted October 30, 2022 No longer over a canal, but still exists. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BEngo Posted October 30, 2022 Report Share Posted October 30, 2022 One of the bypassed arms of the Northern Oxford. Somewhere around Rugby, I think. N Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob-M Posted October 30, 2022 Report Share Posted October 30, 2022 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vignoles_Bridge 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heartland Posted October 30, 2022 Author Report Share Posted October 30, 2022 There were were a number of Horseley bridges made to span old parts of the old main line when they were restricted to branch status. Whilst the design for the shortened route has recently been attributed to Marc Brunel (father of Isambard), by Anthony Burton in a recent book, it was Charles Vignoles survey that was adopted by the Oxford Canal Company the actual construction was carried out by the Oxford Canal and their in-house engineering staff. A fact which I give in my book Silent Highways, and the choice of bridges would have been with the engineering staff rather than Charles Vignoles perhaps. At the time of construction he was associated with railway projects at that time, As to this bridge, it would be of interest to discover where ir came from, as most Horseley bridges are still in place. Could it be the bridge from Walsgrave on Soar ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matty40s Posted October 30, 2022 Report Share Posted October 30, 2022 7 hours ago, BEngo said: One of the bypassed arms of the Northern Oxford. Somewhere around Rugby, I think. N I think this one has been completely removed from it's original location, and is now just over a brook somewhere...in Coventry??? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Pegg Posted October 30, 2022 Report Share Posted October 30, 2022 8 hours ago, Ray T said: No longer over a canal, but still exists. It's across the River Sherborne in Coventry. Earlsdon way somewhere, Spencer Park maybe??? 1 hour ago, Heartland said: As to this bridge, it would be of interest to discover where ir came from, as most Horseley bridges are still in place. Could it be the bridge from Walsgrave on Soar ? Walsgrave-on-Sowe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray T Posted October 30, 2022 Report Share Posted October 30, 2022 (edited) 1 hour ago, Captain Pegg said: It's across the River Sherborne in Coventry. Earlsdon way somewhere, Spencer Park maybe??? Walsgrave-on-Sowe Spon End, towards the Ring Road This was a canal. When it got a bit wet after a rain storm Edited October 30, 2022 by Ray T Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Pegg Posted October 30, 2022 Report Share Posted October 30, 2022 4 minutes ago, Ray T said: Spon End, towards the Ring Road This was a canal. That's a railway bridge on the Coventry to Nuneaton railway line over an arm off the Coventry Canal at Bermuda or thereabouts. So probably the Griff arm??? In fact on closer inspection it looks like it's the underpass for the new Bermuda Park station. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray T Posted October 30, 2022 Report Share Posted October 30, 2022 Got it in one, I must try harder. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Pegg Posted October 30, 2022 Report Share Posted October 30, 2022 Just now, Ray T said: Got it in one, I must try harder. Or just bar locals and avoid anything to do with railway infrastructure (of which I know a lot more about than canals). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matty40s Posted October 30, 2022 Report Share Posted October 30, 2022 I will throw one in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matty40s Posted October 30, 2022 Report Share Posted October 30, 2022 Another clue, behind the first shot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Brooks Posted October 30, 2022 Report Share Posted October 30, 2022 Are we back to Bristol Zoo? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matty40s Posted October 30, 2022 Report Share Posted October 30, 2022 8 minutes ago, Tony Brooks said: Are we back to Bristol Zoo? No, it's a real canal, albeit lacking some water.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray T Posted October 30, 2022 Report Share Posted October 30, 2022 Newport Canal? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heartland Posted October 31, 2022 Author Report Share Posted October 31, 2022 For some reason I was thinking of the disused Dadford flight on the locks at Delph. It looks vaguely familiar as I have led walks there. But then any disused canal often have similar features as do disused early tramways Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Brightley Posted October 31, 2022 Report Share Posted October 31, 2022 18 hours ago, Heartland said: As to this bridge, it would be of interest to discover where ir came from, as most Horseley bridges are still in place. Could it be the bridge from Walsgrave on Soar ? The bridge now at Spon End came from the junction at the eastern end of the Wyken Colliery loop, near Woodway Lane. Location here: https://maps.app.goo.gl/rTbPZKcmamWQ32xd6 Photos of the bridge in its original location just before it was moved can be found in the Herbert Dunkley Collection. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Brightley Posted October 31, 2022 Report Share Posted October 31, 2022 15 hours ago, Captain Pegg said: That's a railway bridge on the Coventry to Nuneaton railway line over an arm off the Coventry Canal at Bermuda or thereabouts. So probably the Griff arm??? In fact on closer inspection it looks like it's the underpass for the new Bermuda Park station. Correct on both counts - the Griff Hollows arm used to go under the bridge which is now used for the underpass. On a connected point, I found out recently that a late uncle of mine was an NCB clerk at Bermuda basin at the end of the arm for a short period in the 1950's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Pegg Posted October 31, 2022 Report Share Posted October 31, 2022 12 minutes ago, John Brightley said: Correct on both counts - the Griff Hollows arm used to go under the bridge which is now used for the underpass. On a connected point, I found out recently that a late uncle of mine was an NCB clerk at Bermuda basin at the end of the arm for a short period in the 1950's. Lots of coal mining and associated work in my predominantly north Warwickshire family roots. More so than boaters, and of course the two were closely linked so some did both. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matty40s Posted October 31, 2022 Report Share Posted October 31, 2022 (edited) 19 hours ago, Ray T said: Newport Canal? Yes, this is from the bridge below the lock Edited October 31, 2022 by matty40s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heartland Posted October 31, 2022 Author Report Share Posted October 31, 2022 (edited) Two Traffic Cones, and what appears to be a wheely bin. Normally a shopping trolley marks the spot of a disused canal. But, the bottom gates do they have a Bradley 2000 plate? As the "Newport Canal" is this a reference to the Birmingham & Liverpool Junction branch from Norbury Junction to Wappenshall? As to another where I am how about an aqueduct ? Edited October 31, 2022 by Heartland Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Pegg Posted October 31, 2022 Report Share Posted October 31, 2022 52 minutes ago, Heartland said: Two Traffic Cones, and what appears to be a wheely bin. Normally a shopping trolley marks the spot of a disused canal. But, the bottom gates do they have a Bradley 2000 plate? As the "Newport Canal" is this a reference to the Birmingham & Liverpool Junction branch from Norbury Junction to Wappenshall? As to another where I am how about an aqueduct ? On the yet to be restored section of the Monty? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matty40s Posted October 31, 2022 Report Share Posted October 31, 2022 (edited) 1 hour ago, Heartland said: Two Traffic Cones, and what appears to be a wheely bin. Normally a shopping trolley marks the spot of a disused canal. But, the bottom gates do they have a Bradley 2000 plate? As the "Newport Canal" is this a reference to the Birmingham & Liverpool Junction branch from Norbury Junction to Wappenshall? It's at Bettws Lane, in Malpas, Newport , wales. Edited October 31, 2022 by matty40s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heartland Posted November 1, 2022 Author Report Share Posted November 1, 2022 (edited) As to the Horseley Bridge for the Wyken arm junction seems to have been close to bridge 7 Sowe Common Bridge 1886 ordnance survey Apart from from the Dunkley Collection at Ellesmere Port, which I understand was scanned at Gloucester when it was there, this 1967 image is from the RCHS Collection Edited November 1, 2022 by Heartland Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Brightley Posted November 1, 2022 Report Share Posted November 1, 2022 37 minutes ago, Heartland said: As to the Horseley Bridge for the Wyken arm junction seems to have been close to bridge 7 Sowe Common Bridge Yes, that's the correct location Ray. Interesting to see that RCHS view -I've been looking through the archive but hadn't seen that one previously. Thanks. The line of the old loop of the canal can still be followed westwards from this point (well, the other side of the M6) through an area of public open space to Deedmore Road. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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