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Birmingham Canal Navigations (Old Main Line)
The Birmingham Canal Navigations (Old Main Line) is a narrow canal and is part of the Birmingham Canal Navigations. It runs for 6 miles and 4 furlongs through 3 locks from Tipton Factory Junction (where it joins the Birmingham Canal Navigations (Main Line)) to Smethwick Junction (where it joins the Birmingham Canal Navigations (Main Line)).
The maximum dimensions for a boat to be able to travel on the waterway are 72 feet long and 7 feet wide. The maximum headroom is not known. The maximum draught is not known.
It has junctions with the Birmingham Canal Navigations (Titford Canal - Main Line) at Oldbury Junction; with the Birmingham Canal Navigations (Spon Lane Locks Branch) at Spon Lane Junction; with the Birmingham Canal Navigations (Engine Arm) at Engine Arm Junction; with the Birmingham Canal Navigations (Gower Branch) at Brades Hall Junction and with the Birmingham Canal Navigations (Dudley Canal No 1 - Birmingham End) at Tipton Junction.
Notable features of the waterway include: Smethwick Locks and Summit Tunnel
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Tipton Factory Junction Junction of BCN Old and New Main Lines. Access to the Barge & Barrel PH |
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Tipton Visitor Moorings | 1 furlong | 0 locks |
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Owen Street Bridge | 4½ furlongs | 0 locks |
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Tipton Green Junction Junction with the closed Tipton Green and Toll End Communication |
5½ furlongs | 0 locks |
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Tipton Green Bridge The new bridge carrying Park Lane West over the canal is right next to the old bridge. The gap between the bridges is in the verge. |
6 furlongs | 0 locks |
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Tipton Junction Junction of Dudley Canal No 1 (Lord Wards Canal) with the BCN Old Main Line |
1 mile | 0 locks |
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Pitchfork Bridge | 1 mile and 1¼ furlongs | 0 locks |
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Pitchfork Pipe Bridge | 1 mile and 1¼ furlongs | 0 locks |
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Walsall to Dudley Railway Bridge | 1 mile and 2¾ furlongs | 0 locks |
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Randalls Bridge | 1 mile and 4¾ furlongs | 0 locks |
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Dudley Port Bridge | 1 mile and 5¼ furlongs | 0 locks |
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Tividale Quays Basin | 1 mile and 6¼ furlongs | 0 locks |
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Kier's Bridge Arm (closed) | 1 mile and 7 furlongs | 0 locks |
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Kiers Bridge | 1 mile and 7¼ furlongs | 0 locks |
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Tividale Aqueduct over Netherton Tunnel Branch |
2 miles | 0 locks |
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Gilberts Bridge | 2 miles and 1¼ furlongs | 0 locks |
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Dudley Road West Bridge | 2 miles and 2¼ furlongs | 0 locks |
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Tividale Toll Stop | 2 miles and 3 furlongs | 0 locks |
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Fishers Bridge | 2 miles and 4½ furlongs | 0 locks |
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Brades Hall Junction Junction of Gower Branch with BCN Old Main Line |
2 miles and 4¾ furlongs | 0 locks |
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Brades Cable Bridge | 2 miles and 7 furlongs | 0 locks |
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Brades Bridge | 2 miles and 7 furlongs | 0 locks |
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High Bridge (Oldbury) | 3 miles and 2¾ furlongs | 0 locks |
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Whimsey Bridge (west) | 3 miles and 4 furlongs | 0 locks |
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Whimsey Bridge (east) | 3 miles and 4 furlongs | 0 locks |
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Chemical Arm Junction Arm disused |
3 miles and 4¾ furlongs | 0 locks |
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Seven Stars Bridge | 3 miles and 5¼ furlongs | 0 locks |
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Seven Stars Arm (closed) | 3 miles and 5½ furlongs | 0 locks |
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Oldbury Wharf Junction of the Houghton Branch and the Old Main Line |
3 miles and 6 furlongs | 0 locks |
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Stoney Lane Bridge | 3 miles and 6¾ furlongs | 0 locks |
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M5 Motorway Viaduct (Oldbury) Motorway bridges about 400 yards of the canal |
3 miles and 7 furlongs | 0 locks |
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Oldbury Junction Bridge | 3 miles and 7 furlongs | 0 locks |
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Oldbury Junction Junction of Old Main Line and Titford Canal |
3 miles and 7¼ furlongs | 0 locks |
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Manchester Street Bridge | 4 miles | 0 locks |
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Anchor Bridge (Oldbury) | 4 miles | 0 locks |
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Blakeley Hall Bridge | 4 miles and 2¼ furlongs | 0 locks |
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Stewart Turnover Bridge | 4 miles and 2¾ furlongs | 0 locks |
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Stewart Railway Bridge | 4 miles and 3 furlongs | 0 locks |
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Stewart Aqueduct | 4 miles and 3¼ furlongs | 0 locks |
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Spon Lane Junction Junction of Old Main Line and Spon Lane Locks Branch |
4 miles and 4 furlongs | 0 locks |
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Spon Lane Bridge | 4 miles and 4¾ furlongs | 0 locks |
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M5 Motorway over Old Main Line (West end) | 4 miles and 6 furlongs | 0 locks |
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M5 Motorway over Old Main Line (East end) | 4 miles and 7¾ furlongs | 0 locks |
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Summit Rail Bridge | 5 miles and 2½ furlongs | 0 locks |
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Summit Bridge | 5 miles and 2½ furlongs | 0 locks |
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Summit Tunnel (Northwest end) | 5 miles and 2½ furlongs | 0 locks |
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Summit Tunnel (Southeast end) Telford Way (A4168) crosses the tunnel |
5 miles and 3 furlongs | 0 locks |
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Pump House (old line) | 5 miles and 5¾ furlongs | 0 locks |
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Brasshouse Lane Bridge | 5 miles and 6 furlongs | 0 locks |
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Engine Arm Junction | 6 miles | 0 locks |
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Smethwick Top Lock | 6 miles and ½ furlongs | 0 locks |
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Smethwick Top Lock Footbridge | 6 miles and ¾ furlongs | 1 lock |
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Smethwick Middle Lock | 6 miles and 1½ furlongs | 1 lock |
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Smethwick Bottom Lock No 3 | 6 miles and 2¼ furlongs | 2 locks |
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Pope Bridge | 6 miles and 2½ furlongs | 3 locks |
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Smethwick Towing Path Bridge | 6 miles and 4 furlongs | 3 locks |
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Smethwick Junction Junction of BCN Old and New Main Lines |
6 miles and 4 furlongs | 3 locks |