Gower Branch Canal

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Gower Branch in relation to BCN Main Lines
Tipton (top) to Smethwick(bottom)

Legend

BCN Old Main Line (left)

Netherton Tunnel Branch Canal

Gower Branch

-- Bradeshall Junction (left) & Albion Junction (right)

BCN New Main Line (right)

Top staircase lock and Brades Hall Junction (behind the iron bridge)

Brades (staircase) locks, photographed from the bridge

The Gower Branch Canal is a half-mile canal at Tividale in England, linking Albion Junction on the Birmingham Level (453 feet above sea) of the Birmingham Canal Navigations, and Bradeshall Junction (sometimes written Brades Hall Junction) on the BCN's older Wolverhampton (473 ft) level, via three locks, the Brades Locks, at the Southern, Bradeshall end.

It has a towpath on its eastern side and is crossed by only one road, the A457, just north of the middle lock. The branch is suitable for narrowboats of up to 70 foot length and 7 foot beam.

It facilitated travel between the Netherton Tunnel Branch Canal and the BCN Old Main Line, without the need for a long detour to Tipton or Smethwick and back.

History

The branch was authorised by the Birmingham Canal Act of 1768 but was not completed until 1836.

Features

Point	Coordinates (Links to map resources)	OS Grid Ref	Notes
Albion Junction	52°31′04″N 2°01′45″W / 52.5177°N 2.0292°W / 52.5177; -2.0292 (Albion Junction)	SO981911	BCN New Main Line (Island Line)
Mid point	52°30′51″N 2°01′52″W / 52.5142°N 2.0311°W / 52.5142; -2.0311 (Mid point)	SO978907
Single lock	52°30′46″N 2°01′55″W / 52.5127°N 2.0319°W / 52.5127; -2.0319 (Single lock)	SO978905
A457 bridge	52°30′41″N 2°01′58″W / 52.5115°N 2.0328°W / 52.5115; -2.0328 (A457 bridge)	SO977904	Dudley Road East
Staircase lock	52°30′40″N 2°01′59″W / 52.5112°N 2.033°W / 52.5112; -2.033 (Staircase lock)	SO977904
Bradeshall Junction	52°30′38″N 2°02′00″W / 52.5106°N 2.0334°W / 52.5106; -2.0334 (Bradeshall Junction)	SO978903	BCN Old Main Line

References

Perrott,David; Mosse,Jonathan (2006). Nicholson Waterways Guide 3 - Birmingham & the Heart of England. Collins. ISBN 978-0-00-721111-1. Cite uses deprecated parameters (help)

External links

v t e Birmingham Canal Navigations

Navigable	BCN Main Line Birmingham and Fazeley Canal Bumble Hole Branch Canal Cannock Extension Canal Digbeth Branch Canal Dudley Canal Engine Arm Gower Branch Canal Icknield Port Loop Netherton Tunnel Branch Canal Rushall Canal Soho Loop Spon Lane Locks Branch Tame Valley Canal Titford Canal Walsall Canal Wednesbury Oak Loop Wednesbury Old Canal Wyrley and Essington Canal

Unnavigable	Anson Branch Bentley Canal Bradley Branch Lichfield Canal Ridgacre Branch Tipton Green and Toll End Canals

Junctions	Aldersley Junction Aston Junction Birchills Junction Bromford Junction Catshill Junction Fazeley Junction Horseley Fields Junction Huddlesford Junction Ogley Junction Old Turn Junction Pelsall Junction Rumer Hill Junction Rushall Junction Salford Junction Smethwick Junction Spon Lane Junction Tame Valley Junction

Reservoirs	Chasewater Edgbaston Reservoir Netherton Reservoir

Tunnels	Dudley Tunnel Lapal Tunnel

Aqueducts	Engine Arm Aqueduct Stewart Aqueduct

Bridges and viaducts	Galton Bridge Parkhead Viaduct

Pumping stations	Smethwick Engine

Locks	Delph Locks

Basins	Gas Street Basin

Adjoining canals	Coventry Canal Grand Union Canal Pensnett Canal Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal Stourbridge Canal Worcester and Birmingham Canal

Other	Water levels of the Birmingham Canal Navigations

Coordinates: 52°30′51″N 2°01′52″W / 52.5142°N 2.0311°W / 52.5142; -2.0311

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Gower Branch Canal

History

Features

See also

References

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