David Mack Posted February 3 Report Share Posted February 3 (edited) 1 minute ago, Heartland said: And now a West Midland waterway feature Shirley Aqueduct, North Stratford Canal. My Father used to live just up the road. Edited February 3 by David Mack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heartland Posted February 6 Author Report Share Posted February 6 (edited) Oh yes Shirley Aqueduct This 1903 map view shows the aqueduct A little further north the canal seems to have had a run off following a boundary that went in a straight line to a mill pool for a flour mill/ Edited February 6 by Heartland Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heartland Posted February 8 Author Report Share Posted February 8 Another location which some might know on a canal created through the genius of Thomas Telford Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Mack Posted February 8 Report Share Posted February 8 I remember visiting there some time in the 1960s, when the dry dock, converted from the top lock, was unroofed and you could see the dry canal bed beyond leading (eventually) to Shrewsbury. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beerbeerbeerbeerbeer Posted February 8 Report Share Posted February 8 Well it’s not as empty looking anymore, packed with boats spilling out under the bridge. Interesting to know the dry dock was a lock 👍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philip Posted February 8 Report Share Posted February 8 2 hours ago, Heartland said: Another location which some might know on a canal created through the genius of Thomas Telford Do you have any photos of the top lock when it was a lock by any chance, please? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchcrawler Posted February 8 Report Share Posted February 8 This covers that bit of the cut 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heartland Posted February 9 Author Report Share Posted February 9 (edited) Well done again Norbury Junction and the flight of locks leading down to Newport The view is taken from under the bridge, and another view under a different bridge Edited February 9 by Heartland Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beerbeerbeerbeerbeer Posted February 9 Report Share Posted February 9 (edited) First thoughts are Glascote Basin I’ve had moorings in there, possibly my last proper home mooring before moving aboard full time. Edited February 9 by beerbeerbeerbeerbeer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Mack Posted February 9 Report Share Posted February 9 3 hours ago, beerbeerbeerbeerbeer said: First thoughts are Glascote Basin My first thought too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Victor Vectis Posted February 10 Report Share Posted February 10 Ditto. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuckbyLocks Posted February 10 Report Share Posted February 10 If it is Glascote, I spent some time moored in the disused dry dock then alongside the end wall. What is in this picture, houses and a wooden fence was a factory, (I think Reliant) and I used to park our car there. On the day the wall was to be demolished I got off the boat, took the car keys out of my pocket, dropped them onto my foot and kicked them into the canal! After borrowing my wife's car keys and moving the car to a safer parking space I found the Seasearcher magnet from the engine hole and searched for the keys. Among a million or so welding rod stubs I managed to find them. Must have been late 80s but would have to find the logbook to be certain. The dry dock would have been behind the bush in the right hand corner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Mack Posted February 10 Report Share Posted February 10 11 minutes ago, BuckbyLocks said: The dry dock would have been behind the bush in the right hand corner. It still is, and in use as a dry dock. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beerbeerbeerbeerbeer Posted February 10 Report Share Posted February 10 Another view through bridge hole, to keep the ball rolling, easy enough, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob-M Posted February 10 Report Share Posted February 10 Anglo Welsh boat at Great Haywood junction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beerbeerbeerbeerbeer Posted February 10 Report Share Posted February 10 (edited) Yes , of course it is 😃 You must have some photos from your travels, test us? Meantime, back to Glascote, it was an interchange originally a triangular shape. Edited February 10 by beerbeerbeerbeerbeer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Mack Posted February 10 Report Share Posted February 10 1 hour ago, beerbeerbeerbeerbeer said: Meantime, back to Glascote, it was an interchange originally a triangular shape. From the 1938/9 OS map. No drydock then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heartland Posted February 11 Author Report Share Posted February 11 (edited) Yes it is Glascote Basin, which has links with Samuel Barlow The map for 1901 is perhaps a little sharper. The canal had a few basins here and the triangular basin was the longest. There was a tramway that linked with Glascote and Amington Collieries and sidings of the Midland Railway. The track beside the triangular basin seems to be an interchange line. Glascote Colliery was owned by the Glascote Colliery Co which belonged to the ironmaster family, Firmstone. Much of the Midland Railway sidings were laid in the 1880's. Further south below the locks was the Kettlebrook Colliery Basin and a narrow gauge railway owned by the Dumolos used a Henry Hughes built locomotive for haulage/ The triangular basin is associated with the carrier Samuel Barlow, but he could also have used the Dumolo basin. Edited February 11 by Heartland 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heartland Posted February 13 Author Report Share Posted February 13 Staying with the Coventry Canal Where and what is this location Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heartland Posted February 14 Author Report Share Posted February 14 The Coventry Canal image is said to be 1970's may be somebody has the tools to work out this Navigation location. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Lowe Posted February 14 Report Share Posted February 14 The two huts look like WW2 Handcraft huts, mainly used on airfields but other military camps had them as well. The examples below are near to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heartland Posted February 17 Author Report Share Posted February 17 The image is Waterways Archives CRT which states to be by Navigation Bridge Coventry Canal. The main works on the offside were the Edgewick Works, which had a extensive canal frontage. So is the caption correct? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Brightley Posted February 17 Report Share Posted February 17 59 minutes ago, Heartland said: The image is Waterways Archives CRT which states to be by Navigation Bridge Coventry Canal. The main works on the offside were the Edgewick Works, which had a extensive canal frontage. So is the caption correct? I don't think it is correct, or at least if the location is correct, the photo doesn't date from the 1970's. I went across Navigation Bridge twice a day to and from school in the 1970's and I think I would have noticed such a high structure if it had been there ! But happy to be proved wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Lowe Posted February 17 Report Share Posted February 17 The huts have also been confirmed as WW2 Handcraft huts, they where made from corrugated asbestos. You can't see any of these structures on the Britain From Above photos of the Edgewick Works. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mad Harold Posted February 17 Report Share Posted February 17 1 hour ago, Chris Lowe said: The huts have also been confirmed as WW2 Handcraft huts, they where made from corrugated asbestos. You can't see any of these structures on the Britain From Above photos of the Edgewick Works. I thought they were Nissan huts made before they went into vehicle manufacture. 😝 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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