2008

SK0104 : Fishing beside the Wyrley and Essington Canal

taken 16 years ago, near to Bloxwich, Walsall, England

Fishing beside the Wyrley and Essington Canal
Fishing beside the Wyrley and Essington Canal
In the second half of the nineteenth century the canal lay next to Pelsall Ironworks. Canals and railways transported away the products of the many blast furnaces, puddling furnaces, forges and rolling mills. The introduction of steel led to the rapid decline in the use of iron and bankruptcy of the firm in 1891. The last chimney on the site was demolished in the 1930s. Nature has recolonised the site and has now reverted to open heathland.

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SK0104, 27 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
John M   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Sunday, 15 June, 2008   (more nearby)
Submitted
Monday, 16 June, 2008
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SK 011 043 [100m precision]
WGS84: 52:38.2354N 1:59.0842W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SK 011 044
View Direction
West-southwest (about 247 degrees)
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