2023

SJ8902 : Springtime on the Shroppie at Pendeford, Wolverhampton

taken 11 months ago, near to Oxley, Wolverhampton, England

Springtime on the Shroppie at Pendeford, Wolverhampton
Springtime on the Shroppie at Pendeford, Wolverhampton
This is the Shropshire Union Canal, looking north-west towards Brewood from below Barnhurst Bridge, No 2. The former accommodation bridge allowed Barnhurst Farm access to fields north of the canal. It now carries a public footpath.

The Dovecotes estate is off to the left, occupying former Barnhurst Farm land. Off to the right are Pendeford Park and further housing estates where Wolverhampton Municipal Airport (closed 31 December 1970) used to be.

Blackthorn blossom gleams in the sun. There is plenty more in the park.
The Shropshire Union Canal

The Shropshire Union Canal (from Autherley to Nantwich) was engineered by Thomas Telford and opened in 1835. There are long straight sections of this canal which required either embankments or cuttings to avoid the need for locks. Although this was a more difficult procedure, the end route was shorter and the progress for horse drawn working boats could be maintained with (hopefully) no stoppages. The canal (formerly the Birmingham and Liverpool Junction Canal) was opened at a time when railways were making serious inroads into the canal companies' businesses.

The current Shroppie north of Nantwich was formerly the Chester Canal, opened in 1779, and has wider locks and bridges. Boats up to nine feet in beam can still navigate this section; Telford's canal accommodates only narrowboats up to seven feet in beam.


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SJ8902, 200 images   (more nearby 🔍)
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Roger D Kidd   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Saturday, 8 April, 2023   (more nearby)
Submitted
Thursday, 13 April, 2023
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SJ 8964 0259 [10m precision]
WGS84: 52:37.2585N 2:9.2679W
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OSGB36: geotagged! SJ 8970 0252
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