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Rushall Canal

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of April 1844 (four years after the merger of the BCN and W&E) to connect the Daw End Branch to The Tame Valley Canal to take coal from
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to Longwood Junction at Hay Head, where it joins the 5.25-mile (8.45 km) long Daw End Branch, a meandering, lock-free branch of the
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The Rushall Canal runs from Rushall Junction (which is within the triangle formed by the flyovers of the junction of the
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suitable for boats which are 7 feet (2.1 m) wide, forming part of the
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The Birmingham Canal Navigations, Vol. 1 1768 - 1846
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Pearson & Associates. 526:and climbs due north through nine 14: 411: 127: 100: 1135:Tipton Green and Toll End Canals 875: 861: 757: 706: 655: 652:Continues as the Daw End Branch 603: 433: 432: 410: 389: 388: 369: 349: 329: 309: 289: 269: 248: 247: 227: 207: 188: 168: 148: 126: 106: 99: 76: 478:Rushall bottom lock in distance 350: 330: 310: 290: 270: 228: 208: 169: 149: 1513:1847 establishments in England 1414:Worcester and Birmingham Canal 1: 1049:Netherton Tunnel Branch Canal 494:(BCN) on the eastern side of 107: 1493:Birmingham Canal Navigations 1009:Birmingham and Fazeley Canal 990:Birmingham Canal Navigations 891:Canals of the United Kingdom 492:Birmingham Canal Navigations 370: 189: 77: 915:Broadbridge, S. R. (1974). 844:GPX (secondary coordinates) 1529: 1430:Boat Gauging House, Tipton 1094:Wyrley and Essington Canal 532:Wyrley and Essington Canal 88:Wyrley and Essington Canal 940:Pearson, Michael (1989). 839:GPX (primary coordinates) 814:Map all coordinates using 592:(Links to map resources) 441: 426: 419: 404: 397: 382: 378: 363: 358: 343: 338: 323: 318: 303: 298: 283: 278: 263: 256: 241: 236: 221: 216: 201: 197: 182: 177: 162: 157: 142: 135: 120: 115: 93: 85: 70: 1181:Horseley Fields Junction 1014:Bumble Hole Branch Canal 822:Download coordinates as: 1019:Cannock Extension Canal 919:. David & Charles. 1064:Spon Lane Locks Branch 708:Rushall bottom lock 9 479: 137:Start of Rushall Canal 1508:Canals opened in 1847 869:United Kingdom portal 834:GPX (all coordinates) 741:Rushall bottom lock 9 477: 1503:Transport in Walsall 1308:Bridges and viaducts 1231:Tame Valley Junction 1186:Huddlesford Junction 1089:Wednesbury Old Canal 1024:Digbeth Branch Canal 421:End of Rushall Canal 1465: /  1294:Engine Arm Aqueduct 1257:Netherton Reservoir 1252:Edgbaston Reservoir 1206:Rumer Hill Junction 1084:Wednesbury Oak Loop 776: /  725: /  674: /  657:Rushall top lock 1 622: /  570:. The engineer was 51:Rushall Canal (BCN) 1469:52.5504°N 1.9565°W 1226:Spon Lane Junction 1221:Smethwick Junction 1161:Birchills Junction 1151:Aldersley Junction 1044:Icknield Port Loop 1039:Gower Branch Canal 781:52.5504°N 1.9565°W 730:52.5629°N 1.9521°W 690:Rushall top lock 1 679:52.5895°N 1.9428°W 627:52.5904°N 1.9424°W 605:Longwood Junction 578:Points of interest 480: 1448: 1447: 1409:Stourbridge Canal 1394:Grand Union Canal 1196:Old Turn Junction 1171:Catshill Junction 1166:Bromford Junction 1069:Tame Valley Canal 809: 808: 759:Rushall Junction 638:Longwood Junction 556:Act of Parliament 536:Catshill Junction 524:Tame Valley Canal 472: 471: 468: 467: 447:Tame Valley Canal 1520: 1480: 1479: 1477: 1476: 1475: 1474:52.5504; -1.9565 1470: 1466: 1463: 1462: 1461: 1458: 1382:Adjoining canals 1373:Gas Street Basin 1341:Smethwick Engine 1334:Pumping stations 1320:Parkhead Viaduct 1299:Stewart Aqueduct 1216:Salford Junction 1211:Rushall Junction 1201:Pelsall Junction 1176:Fazeley Junction 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Legend
Wyrley and Essington Canal
A34 road
M6 motorway
Rushall Junction
Tame Valley Canal

canal
Birmingham Canal Navigations
Walsall
West Midlands
England
M5
M6 motorways
Tame Valley Canal
locks
Wyrley and Essington Canal
Catshill Junction
Brownhills
Staffordshire
Act of Parliament
Cannock
Birmingham
Black Country
James Walker
Coordinates
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