Birmingham Canal Navigations

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Birmingham Canal Navigations (BCN) is a network of canals linking Birmingham, England to Wolverhampton and the Black Country.

At its height, there were about 160 miles (257 km) of canals; today just over 100 miles (160 km) are navigable.

Contents 1 The BCN network 2 Linking canals 3 Associated features 4 Engineers 5 Bibliography 6 See also 7 External link

The BCN network

• Anson Branch
• BCN Main Line
• Cannock Extension Canal
• Gower Branch Canal
• Old Main Line
• Rushall Canal
• Spon Lane Locks Branch
• Titford Canal
• Wednesbury Old Canal
• Wyrley and Essington Canal
• Netherton Tunnel Branch Canal
• Daw End Branch Canal

Linking canals

• Anglesey Branch
• Birmingham and Fazeley Canal
• Birmingham and Worcester Canal
• Digbeth Branch Canal
• Dudley Canal Line No 1
• Dudley Canal Line No 2
• Soho Branch Loop Line
• Tame Valley Canal
• Walsall Branch Canal
• Walsall Canal
• Wednesbury Oak Loop Line

Associated features

• Edgbaston Reservoir

Engineers

• James Brindley
• Thomas Dadford
• Thomas Telford

Bibliography

• The Birmingham Canal Navigations, Vol. 1 1768 - 1846, S R Broadbridge. Published by David & Charles 1974 (there was no second volume)
• Birmingham's Canals by Ray Shill, ISBN 0750920777. Published by Sutton Publishing 2000
• Birmingham New Street. The Story of a Great Station Including Curzon Street. 1 Background and Beginnings. The Years up to 1860. By Richard Foster. Wild Swan Publications Limited (1990) ISBN 0906867789

See also

• Transport in Birmingham
• Canals of the United Kingdom
• The Smethwick Engine

External link

• Jim Shead's website