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The '''Tipton Green Branch''' and '''Toll End Branch''' (or '''Toll End Communication Canal''') were narrow canals comprising part of the [[Birmingham Canal Navigations]] near [[Tipton]] (formerly in [[Staffordshire]]), [[West Midlands (county)|West Midlands]], [[England]]. These canals no longer exist. |
The '''Tipton Green Branch''' and '''Toll End Branch''' (or '''Toll End Communication Canal''') were narrow canals comprising part of the [[Birmingham Canal Navigations]] near [[Tipton]] (formerly in [[Staffordshire]]), [[West Midlands (county)|West Midlands]], [[England]]. These canals no longer exist. |
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The Tipton Green Branch and Toll End Branch (or Toll End Communication Canal) were narrow canals comprising part of the Birmingham Canal Navigations near Tipton (formerly in Staffordshire), West Midlands, England. These canals no longer exist.
History
The Tipton Green Branch was completed around 1805 with 3 locks and a length of quarter of a mile. [1]
The Toll End Branch was authorised by Act of Parliament in 1783 (along with the Birmingham and Fazeley Canal, Broadwaters Canal, and several other branches) to provide access to a proposed new coal mine. Work was started from the Broadwaters Canal (now part of the Walsall Canal) but halted in 1784 for eight years, being completed as a closed branch with two locks in 1801.[2] In 1806 it was decided to extend this branch to the Tipton Green Branch with further locks, and in January 1809 the Toll End Communication Canal was completed [2] making the length 1 3/8 miles. Cite error: A <ref> tag is missing the closing </ref> (see the help page).
The Horseley Ironworks operated their first foundry from a site between the two branches where many iron bridges, including the Engine Arm Aqueduct (1825), two roving bridges at Smethwick Junction (1828) and Galton Bridge, were cast.
The Tipton Green Branch became disused in the 1960, and the Toll End Branch in 1966.[3] The locks and canals have been filled in.
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References
- ^ Hadfield, Charles (1969). The Canals of the West Midlands (Second ed.). David & Charles. ISBN 0-7153-4660-1.
{{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|origdate=(help) - ^ a b Broadbridge, S. R. The Birmingham Canal Navigations, Vol. 1 1768 - 1846. David & Charles. ISBN 0-7509-2077-7.
{{cite book}}: Unknown parameter|origdate=ignored (|orig-date=suggested) (help) - ^ Historical Map of the Birmingham Canals, Richard Dean, M. & M. Baldwin, 1989, ISBN 0-947712-08-9
- Ordnance Survey Six Inch Series (1:10,560), Map SO99SE, 1955
- Historical Map of the Birmingham Canals, Richard Dean, M. & M. Baldwin, 1989, ISBN 0-947712-08-9