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Following the amalgamation of the Wyrley and
Essington with the Birmingham Canal Navigations in 1840, a number of extensions to the system had been made, which had proved successful, and the Cannock Extension Canal was one of the second batches of extensions begun in 1854. It ran from the Hednesford
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The Wyrley and
Essington Canal runs east to west at the junction, with the towpath on the southern bank. To the east, the canal is level for 5 miles (8.0 km) to Anglesey Basin, on the edge of the Chasewater Reservoir. At Catshill Junction, the Daw End Branch of the Wyrley and Essington turns
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which it joins continues on the same level in both directions. The water level is 473 feet (144 m) above sea level, and this level is known as the
Wolverhampton Level, to distinguish it from other parts of the Birmingham Canal Navigations which are at the Birmingham Level of 453 feet
818:. However, a second Act was obtained in 1794, which made the Walsall branch into the mainline and authorised its extension to the east, passing through Pelsall to reach Brownhills, where there were more coal mines, and then descending through thirty locks to the
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coal fields to the Wyrley and
Essington Canal at Pelsall Junction and was completed in 1863. When it opened, a branch with a flight of thirteen locks at Churchbridge linked it to the
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crosses in the ironwork. A walkway of iron plates joins the two side-girders, which rest on brick abutments. The bridge dates from the construction of the
Extension Canal, and is a
826:. The new mainline was completed by May 1797, although there were initial problems with water supply, which were resolved in 1800 with the construction of a large reservoir at
842:. The canal and hence the junction was an important commercial route until 1961, when the battle with subsidence caused by the mines it served was lost. The section north of
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was abandoned in 1963, and the junction now serves a quiet backwater, with boatyards at the old
Brownhills colliery basins and just to the south of Watling Street.
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bridge spans the eastern arm of the junction to connect the towpaths. It consists of two side-girders, each cast as a single piece, but with a latticework of
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The Wyrley and
Essington Canal passed through the site of Pelsall Junction as a result of a change of plan while the canal authorised by their first
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Cannock extension canal has a towpath on the eastern bank, and is level for just 1.5 miles (2.4 km), beyond which it is filled in. A
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off, and if level for 5.3 miles (8.5 km) to
Longwood Junction, which is 7.9 miles (12.7 km) from Pelsall Junction, and where the
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Essington to
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840:Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal
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1706:Canals in the West Midlands (county)
1638:Galton Valley Canal Heritage Centre
924:History of the British canal system
13:
1144:National Heritage List for England
1005:. J. M. Pearson & Associates.
14:
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941:. Imray Laurie Norie and Wilson.
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919:Canals of the United Kingdom
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1701:Canal junctions in England
1633:Boat Gauging House, Tipton
1297:Wyrley and Essington Canal
956:Hadfield, Charles (1985).
937:Cumberlidge, Jane (2009).
806:, where it would join the
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776:Wyrley and Essington Canal
663:To Ryder's Green Junction
560:Wyrley and Essington Canal
398:Walsall and Rushall Locks
35:Pelsall Junction with the
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1384:Horseley Fields Junction
1217:Bumble Hole Branch Canal
812:Horseley Fields Junction
691:Horseley Fields Junction
1222:Cannock Extension Canal
772:Cannock Extension Canal
206:Cannock Extension Canal
37:Cannock Extension Canal
1267:Spon Lane Locks Branch
960:. David and Charles.
897:United Kingdom portal
1511:Bridges and viaducts
1434:Tame Valley Junction
1389:Huddlesford Junction
1292:Wednesbury Old Canal
1227:Digbeth Branch Canal
824:Huddlesford Junction
481:Tame Valley Junction
58:Navigation authority
1668: /
1497:Engine Arm Aqueduct
1460:Netherton Reservoir
1455:Edgbaston Reservoir
1409:Rumer Hill Junction
1287:Wednesbury Oak Loop
774:where it meets the
1672:52.6376°N 1.9727°W
1429:Spon Lane Junction
1424:Smethwick Junction
1364:Birchills Junction
1354:Aldersley Junction
1247:Icknield Port Loop
1242:Gower Branch Canal
1061:, pp. 260–261
816:Birchills Junction
355:Birchills Junction
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1612:Stourbridge Canal
1597:Grand Union Canal
1399:Old Turn Junction
1374:Catshill Junction
1369:Bromford Junction
1272:Tame Valley Canal
993:978-0-00-721110-4
948:978-1-84623-010-3
800:Act of Parliament
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249:Catshill Junction
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1585:Adjoining canals
1576:Gas Street Basin
1544:Smethwick Engine
1537:Pumping stations
1523:Parkhead Viaduct
1502:Stewart Aqueduct
1419:Salford Junction
1414:Rushall Junction
1404:Pelsall Junction
1379:Fazeley Junction
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864:(138 m).
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1318:Bentley Canal
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1085:, p. 263
1084:
1083:Hadfield 1985
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1073:, p. 279
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1059:Hadfield 1985
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1012:0-907864-49-X
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1450:Chasewater
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1237:Engine Arm
1150:30 January
1022:References
828:Chasewater
1663:1°58′22″W
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