Birmingham and Warwick Junction Canal
The Birmingham and Warwick Junction Canal is a short canal connecting the Digbeth Branch of the Birmingham and Fazeley Canal in the centre of Birmingham to the Warwick and Birmingham Canal near Gravelly Hill Interchange.
It was authorized in 1840 by Act of Parliament to relieve pressure on this connection to the Grand Junction Canal leading to London and opened in 1844. It is 2.5 miles long and has 6 locks.
1895 Amalgamation of the Warwickshire canals: the Warwick and Birmingham Canal Co, the Warwick and Napton Canal Co, and the Birmingham and Warwick Junction Canal Co were acquired by the Grand Junction Canal Company.[1]
1929 The Grand Junction became part of the Grand Union Canal. Like the Camp Hill locks it was not broadened in 1933 as it only led to other narrow canals.
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Sources of Information
- ↑ London gazette 22 March 1895