2020

SP3097 : Advertisements by the Coventry Canal

taken 4 years ago, near to Atherstone, Warwickshire, England

Advertisements by the Coventry Canal
Advertisements by the Coventry Canal
It is not unusual for pubs and other businesses to advertise themselves to canal boaters - it all adds to the interest, but beware of any establishment claiming to be ten minutes away (reckon on at least double that!) This is a particularly curious collection by bridge 41 in Atherstone. Anyone expecting a warm welcome at the Barge and Bridge will be disappointed - the pub closed in 2015 and has since been demolished. And who exactly is selling Calor Gas?
Coventry Canal

The Coventry Canal enabling Act was passed in 1768 to connect Coventry with the Trent and Mersey Canal. Coventry to Bedworth was completed in 1769 for the revenue earning coal traffic but by 1771 when the canal reached Atherstone all authorised capital had been spent and James Brindley the first engineer was sacked. The canal didn't reach Fazeley, 12 miles short of its intended terminus, until 1790. The Birmingham and Fazeley Canal continued along the proposed line of the Coventry Canal to Whittington brook. The Trent and Mersey Canal (Grand Trunk Canal Co.) completed the section to Fradley and later sold it to the Coventry Canal which explains the disjointed section. It was one of the most profitable canals ever built in Britain paying dividends up to 1947. Coventry basin to Fradley junction is 38 miles with 13 locks.


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SP3097, 244 images   (more nearby 🔍)
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Stephen McKay   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Wednesday, 9 September, 2020   (more nearby)
Submitted
Thursday, 10 September, 2020
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SP 3066 9745 [10m precision]
WGS84: 52:34.4406N 1:32.9415W
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OSGB36: geotagged! SP 3065 9745
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