888:. This opened in 1786. Plans for a link from Broadwaters to Walsall were proposed in 1793, but the route was not built until 1799. The Wyrley and Essington main line opened on 8 May 1797, and their northern branch to Walsall opened the following year. The southern route from Broadwaters opened in June 1799, and after that date, the northern branch was barely used. John Farley visited the area in 1809, and reported that the northern branch was dammed off, and had been dry for some time. Although a Mr. Willoughby attempted to get the branch reopened in 1818, no further action took place, until after the merger of the Wyrley and Essington Canal and the Birmingham Canal Navigations. A short connecting link was then built in 1841, with eight locks, to join the southern and northern branches and create a through route. The junction became operational again in 1841, and the canal to the south of it is now normally considered to be part of the Walsall Canal.
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Essington Canal to the west is level for its entire 8 miles (13 km) to Horseley Fields Junction, where it joins the Birmingham Canal Navigations main line. In the other direction, it passes under Green Lane Bridge, which carries the
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954:List of canal aqueducts in the United Kingdom
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1718:Canals in the West Midlands (county)
826:Birmingham Canal Navigation Act 1792
1655:Galton Valley Canal Heritage Centre
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1046:. J. M. Pearson & Associates.
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1650:Boat Gauging House, Tipton
1314:Wyrley and Essington Canal
1001:Hadfield, Charles (1985).
982:Cumberlidge, Jane (2009).
818:Wyrley and Essington Canal
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1239:Cannock Extension Canal
862:Coventry Canal Act 1768
220:Cannock Extension Canal
58:Canal & River Trust
1284:Spon Lane Locks Branch
1065:. Tempus Publishing.
1005:. David and Charles.
927:United Kingdom portal
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1728:Transport in Walsall
1528:Bridges and viaducts
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1406:Huddlesford Junction
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1244:Digbeth Branch Canal
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1472:Edgbaston Reservoir
1426:Rumer Hill Junction
1304:Wednesbury Oak Loop
1061:Shill, Ray (2002).
788:where it meets the
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1446:Spon Lane Junction
1441:Smethwick Junction
1381:Birchills Junction
1371:Aldersley Junction
1264:Icknield Port Loop
1259:Gower Branch Canal
1027:. Harper Collins.
882:24 Geo. 3. Sess. 2
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369:Birchills Junction
24:Birchills Junction
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1614:Grand Union Canal
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1386:Bromford Junction
1289:Tame Valley Canal
1148:, pp. 76, 81
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1323:Unnavigable
611:Tame Valley
77:Date closed
1707:Categories
1677:52°35′55″N
1467:Chasewater
1460:Reservoirs
1254:Engine Arm
1110:Shill 2002
1082:References
903:Chasewater
1680:1°59′52″W
1507:Aqueducts
1364:Junctions
1279:Soho Loop
1217:Navigable
1021:Nicholson
856:to reach
854:Lichfield
830:32 Geo. 3
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913:See also
899:A34 road
892:Location
866:8 Geo. 3
846:Bloxwich
777:SK002000
1486:Tunnels
850:Pelsall
812:History
802:England
794:Walsall
613:Canals
453:Canals
451:Rushall
447:Walsall
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1586:Basins
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