Lived on-board Hadar

Monday, March 20, 2023

Black Country Living Museum to Birmingham City Centre

 Supposed to be 14°C, someone forgot to tell the weather that! It's blooming cold again today. Dropped down to the new main line via Brades locks. Took a detour round the Oozells Street loop to see the completed new buildings round there. Now moored at the Old Turn junction end of the Oozells Street loop.

8½ miles 3 locks 1 tunnel in 3hrs 30mins. what3words ///model.reform.best

Leaving the Black Country Living Museum and turning onto the Old Main Line at Tipton junction



Netherton tunnel from the Tividale aqueduct



Turning onto the Bradeshall branch at Bradeshall junction



Leaving the 3rd of the 3 Brades locks



Turning onto the New Main line at Albion junction



Pudding Green junction and the start of the Old Wednesbury Old canal



Bromford stop island



Bromford junction and the Spon Lane locks



M5 Motorway bridge



Stewart aqueduct carrying the Old Main line over the New Main line



Galton station, road bridge and tunnel



Galton tunnel



Smethwick new pumping station



Engine branch aqueduct



Smethwick junction



One of the old loops of Brindley's original canal long since abandoned



Winson Green junction and the start of the Solo loop



The other end of the Solo loop



And opposite it, the start of the Icknield Port loop



The new estate slowly taking shape at Icknield Port



End of the Icknield Port loop



Monument Road basin



Approaching Birmingham City centre



Turning into Oozells street loop



Oozells Street loop



Oozells Street loop



Sherborne wharf



Oozells Street loop



Approaching Old Turn junction and the end of the Oozells Street loop



Now moored at the end of the Oozells Street loop before Old Turn junction

Keith


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