Heartland Posted September 28, 2023 Author Report Share Posted September 28, 2023 The map attached is one by John Snape a couple of years before the Summit was reduced at Smethwick it show the Brasshouse as close to the canal and lock 5 which led to a shortening of the lane and bridge probably very similar to Littles Lane at Wolverhampton. The feeder from Smethwick Pool is at the top of this image and that fed a side branch that joined the canal near the lock house at Top Lock (No 6). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
___ Posted September 28, 2023 Report Share Posted September 28, 2023 (edited) Bear with me for another railway related question; but this time I was at least on a boat and not a train. Today I have travelled across the top of the same railway tunnel on two different canals. Where was I? Edited September 28, 2023 by Captain Pegg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Mack Posted September 28, 2023 Report Share Posted September 28, 2023 Macclesfield and Peak Forest Canals, passing over Disley Tunnel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
___ Posted September 29, 2023 Report Share Posted September 29, 2023 10 hours ago, David Mack said: Macclesfield and Peak Forest Canals, passing over Disley Tunnel. Yep. Two hours cruising to travel two miles as the crow flies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Mack Posted September 29, 2023 Report Share Posted September 29, 2023 10 minutes ago, Captain Pegg said: Yep. Two hours cruising to travel two miles as the crow flies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heartland Posted September 29, 2023 Author Report Share Posted September 29, 2023 The Midland Railway tunnel built 1900-1902 called Disley Tunnel was 2 miles and 346 yards long, and was quite an engineering accomplishment for that time. Returning to my observations at Smethwick Brasshouse Lane this view show the wall on the other side of the "ledge" mentioned previously. The stone work in this wall would correspond with the site of lock 5 that partly extended across that lane. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magpie patrick Posted September 29, 2023 Report Share Posted September 29, 2023 16 hours ago, David Mack said: Macclesfield and Peak Forest Canals, passing over Disley Tunnel. My first narrow boat, Ripple, was moored over Disley Tunnel for much of my ownership, one of Dad's friends has a double width garden as the plot over the tunnel was not built on, and I could fit a 62 foot narrow boat on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beerbeerbeerbeerbeer Posted October 23, 2023 Report Share Posted October 23, 2023 (edited) I’ve nowt of value to offer at the moment. But I’d be grateful for a challenge, any offers? have this in the meantime, it was mentioned in another thread but I can’t find it (the thread). Edited October 23, 2023 by beerbeerbeerbeerbeer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oboat Posted October 23, 2023 Report Share Posted October 23, 2023 Try this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beerbeerbeerbeerbeer Posted October 23, 2023 Report Share Posted October 23, 2023 1 minute ago, oboat said: Try this ha, we’ve had this before, and I can’t remember where it is Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heartland Posted October 25, 2023 Author Report Share Posted October 25, 2023 Beer toimes foive has asked a question, but is the answer known For the present I shall post one other Where I Am The clue is this is a place where Frank is in good health! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stroudwater1 Posted October 25, 2023 Report Share Posted October 25, 2023 Dobson Locks? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Francis Herne Posted October 26, 2023 Report Share Posted October 26, 2023 (edited) On 23/10/2023 at 21:30, oboat said: Try this Spalding, Chain Bridge. Where are these? (I've only seen them in one place; other answers will teach me something!) Edited October 26, 2023 by Francis Herne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchcrawler Posted October 26, 2023 Report Share Posted October 26, 2023 Just now, Francis Herne said: Spalding, Chain Bridge. Where are these? Northwich Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Francis Herne Posted October 26, 2023 Report Share Posted October 26, 2023 Just now, ditchcrawler said: Northwich Well that didn't take long. 🙃 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beerbeerbeerbeerbeer Posted October 26, 2023 Report Share Posted October 26, 2023 Mine, (really an excuse to bring the thread back to life), was Radford Bridge over the River Penk, there was mention of it on another thread which bought it to mind, boaters will have walked this if they’ve ever stopped to use the Aldi, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heartland Posted October 27, 2023 Author Report Share Posted October 27, 2023 Thanks Beer to the power of five. Is this the bridge that once carried the tramway (and road) to Stafford from Radford Wharf As to my image, this was a means of bringing a rope from the trows and barges on the Severn by the arrangement shown. But where its it ? As to my stopping posting for the present, it is related to those who post "fake" history on their blog pages. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beerbeerbeerbeerbeer Posted October 27, 2023 Report Share Posted October 27, 2023 I believe it is that very bridge, Quite a grand price of architecture, I thought, with its Doric columns and dentils, and I wondered why such a grand bridge. It appears it’s been the main road from Lichfield to Stafford since medieval times. Very busy these days and It’s a pain to cross with me heavy bags of Aldi shopping. Here’s a pleasant sketch from 1800’s, As for “fake” history on blogs, I tend not to read blogs, The few I’ve come across are pretty dull, I do wonder how reliable the ‘facts and figures’ are. damage is done when the erroneous bits and pieces are quoted and requoted. A conversation for another thread I guess 😃 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heartland Posted October 28, 2023 Author Report Share Posted October 28, 2023 (edited) Yes Radford Bridge is an interesting structure that carried the turnpike road. It is said to have been built about 1800 and since 1971 has been grade 2 listed. John Rennie CE is said to have been the engineer and there is similarity with his many other structures. Contractors to build Radford Bridge, which replaced an earlier structure, were advertised for in December 1803 and the structure was built between 1804 and 1806. The tramway seems to have crossed on a parallel structure. Radford Bridge Wharf on the Staffordshire & Worcestershire Canal was nearby and provided interchange between road and canal. By 1797 the carrier Thomas Sherratt was advertising a merchandise carrying service from the canal wharf. Edited October 28, 2023 by Heartland 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heartland Posted October 29, 2023 Author Report Share Posted October 29, 2023 (edited) The bridge question which was posed, as stated is on the Severn and the feature was included to facilitate craft, trows etc, on the river and there was a nearby wharf and warehouses used for the trade. This bridge was completed in 1795. The previous bridge nearby was somewhat elaborate. It would seem that my question will not be answered. It is a feature of the present Welsh Bridge at Shrewsbury and the clue referred to Frankwell Wharf and Warehouses I now attach an Industrial Railway Society query for an image, possibly at Widnes, but not known for sure. Edited October 30, 2023 by Heartland Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stroudwater1 Posted October 30, 2023 Report Share Posted October 30, 2023 Any thoughts on where this may have been taken? There’s a good number of them which must have pleased the manufacturer in the 1930s? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Brightley Posted October 30, 2023 Report Share Posted October 30, 2023 14 minutes ago, Stroudwater1 said: Any thoughts on where this may have been taken? There’s a good number of them which must have pleased the manufacturer in the 1930s? They are the metal cappings to the steps alongside the locks on the northern Grand Union. Interestingly the company of Bowes, Scott & Western still exists. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Mack Posted October 30, 2023 Report Share Posted October 30, 2023 Grand Union widening between Napton and Knowle? We were still specifying Bowes Scott & Western cast iron stair nosings for London Underground in the 1980s/90s. 9 minutes ago, John Brightley said: Interestingly the company of Bowes, Scott & Western still exists. According to Companies House they were dissolved in 2015. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stroudwater1 Posted October 31, 2023 Report Share Posted October 31, 2023 Well done John and David! Interesting additional information. These ones were on Hatton. I didn’t check the Knowle ones, and perhaps should have as I’ve always been intrigued by the number of different manufacturers of Staffordshire blue cappings on the Worcester and Birmingham locks. Appreciate the widening of the GU was in a very different era of procurement! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oboat Posted October 31, 2023 Report Share Posted October 31, 2023 On 08/09/2023 at 22:04, Tacet said: Where is this, anyone? Battlbridge On 23/10/2023 at 21:33, beerbeerbeerbeerbeer said: ha, we’ve had this before, and I can’t remember where it is Spalding on the Welland Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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