Where I am

[Francis Herne]

27 minutes ago, Heartland said:

As to yet another challenge here was a canal shortening suggested by John Rennie Senior, but not completed after his death. Here you might need an Allen Key .

Oldbury, on the straightened old main line with original loop joining on the left.

Les Allen's boatyard was the far side in later years.

Do the chimneys belong to Albright's?

[Heartland]

The view is from  Whimsey Bridge with the Valentia Arm on right and loop canal (original route) on left, You can see the Phosphorus Towers in the distance .

 

Well done Francis

 

As to the Anchor location there is an element of Thomas Telford, the overflow channel extended for a distance to near the Water Bridge.

 

 

[beerbeerbeerbeerbeer]

21 hours ago, Heartland said:

I wonder if Beer to the power of foive will provide a map for those who do not know the answer to his question, I wonder if the canal will prove to be of titanic proportions to the aqueduct,

 

As to yet another challenge here was a canal shortening suggested by John Rennie Senior, but not completed after his death. Here you might need an Allen Key .

 

 

 

 

 

and today’s view from under Whimsey Bridge

 

 

Edited March 8 by beerbeerbeerbeerbeer

[Heartland]

The troglodytes get everywhere with their tribal scrawl

[ditchcrawler]

3 hours ago, beerbeerbeerbeerbeer said:

 

and today’s view from under Whimsey Bridge

 

 

You are a bit close  Oozells tonight 

[beerbeerbeerbeerbeer]

15 minutes ago, ditchcrawler said:

You are a bit close  Oozells tonight 

Arr, well when I said today I didn’t mean today. 
 

if I said I’ve just been under Tavern Bridge would

you know where I am?

and who might have sold me some diesel filters?

Can you answer without looking it up?

Im not on the BCN

[Rob-M]

Did you get some cheap diesel at the same time...?

[beerbeerbeerbeerbeer]

8 minutes ago, Rob-M said:

Did you get some cheap diesel at the same time...?

Yes, well done Turner’s. 
Did you look it up?

[Rob-M]

21 minutes ago, beerbeerbeerbeerbeer said:

Yes, well done Turner’s. 
Did you look it up?

I thought that was where you were referring to but did double check it was that bridge.

[ditchcrawler]

43 minutes ago, Rob-M said:

Did you get some cheap diesel at the same time...?

Bet it wasn't as cheap as mine 

[Victor Vectis]

5 hours ago, Heartland said:

The troglodytes get everywhere with their tribal scrawl

Some people call it 'street art'.

😠😠😠

[beerbeerbeerbeerbeer]

 

5 hours ago, Victor Vectis said:

Some people call it 'street art'.

😠😠😠

Brummies have been scrawling on walls for years,

who in the late 18th century did the Birmingham street artists damn?

Reportedly scrawling it on walls all over Town. 

5 hours ago, ditchcrawler said:

Bet it wasn't as cheap as mine 

99ppl

didnt buy much,

It’ll not be long before I’ll be up where I guess you are,

so saving filling up til then,

 

how much a litre up there?

 

Edited March 8 by beerbeerbeerbeerbeer

[beerbeerbeerbeerbeer]

Edited: removed a misleading and erroneous clue

Edited March 9 by beerbeerbeerbeerbeer

[Derek R.]

Chalk was the traditional medium. Noughts & Crosses, hopscotch, LD 'loves' BJ etc. Washed away in the next rainfall. Some pavement artists were just that, pictures (some very good) on the pavement. None of which could be called 'graffiti' which is little more than a defacing of public property, largely of late (40yrs) of gangs and individuals 'marking their patch' with 'tags'.

Edited March 9 by Derek R.

[beerbeerbeerbeerbeer]

On 08/03/2024 at 12:09, Heartland said:

The troglodytes get everywhere with their tribal scrawl

which Bridge under the M5 has LUPO left their mark on?

is the narrow channel evidence that a Toll house once stood here?

 

 

 

 

 

[Heartland]

Oh gawd LUPO that graffiti has appeared with dates 2022 and 2023. It is not street art just a form of tagging, damaging heritage structures and the work of a coward who hides from scrutiny and hopes to evade prosecution.

 

Now returning to Glenns post

Which shows a channel passing over a feeder has raised a question of when it was made. 

 

 

This a section of the map from the 1922 Ordnance Survey which mentions an aqueduct but one evidently part of the feeder access to the canal near Grub Street Cutting.

 

And yes there was a toll house there in that Glenn post 

 

No doubt Glenn was en route from Whimsey Bridge may be ?

 

What was the name of the railway interchange basin nearby and there are pictures of that basin in the Interchange Basin reprint!

 

Edited March 9 by Heartland

[Rob-M]

1 hour ago, beerbeerbeerbeerbeer said:

which Bridge under the M5 has LUPO left their mark on?

is the narrow channel evidence that a Toll house once stood here?

 

 

 

 

 

Blakeley Hall bridge

[ditchcrawler]

2 hours ago, beerbeerbeerbeerbeer said:

which Bridge under the M5 has LUPO left their mark on?

is the narrow channel evidence that a Toll house once stood here?

 

 

 

 

 

Came through there yesterday 

[beerbeerbeerbeerbeer]

3 hours ago, Heartland said:

What was the name of the railway interchange basin nearby and there are pictures of that basin in the Interchange Basin reprint!

Spon Lane basin?

it’s all DPD around there now,

interesting to see the arms coming off by Spon Lane Locks and the arm branching off at the bottom

and the Toll House is recorded

 

Edited March 9 by beerbeerbeerbeerbeer

[ditchcrawler]

19 minutes ago, beerbeerbeerbeerbeer said:

Spon Lane basin?

it’s all DPD around there now,

interesting to see the arms coming off by Spon Lane Locks and the arm branching off at the bottom

and the Toll House is recorded

 

But what is the big building going up near the Spon Lane junction 

[beerbeerbeerbeerbeer]

Didn’t someone on here say it’ll be an incinerator?

 

[Rob-M]

21 minutes ago, beerbeerbeerbeerbeer said:

Didn’t someone on here say it’ll be an incinerator?

 

That was what I heard it was going to be.

[Victor Vectis]

Yes.

It was me that asked.

IIRC it was Francis Herne who replied.

I was fascinated by the height of that crane!

[beerbeerbeerbeerbeer]

 

[ditchcrawler]

2 hours ago, beerbeerbeerbeerbeer said:

Didn’t someone on here say it’ll be an incinerator?

 

That would be my guess

1 hour ago, beerbeerbeerbeerbeer said:

 

Thanks for that