Birmingham and Warwick Junction Canal

The Birmingham and Warwick Junction Canal is a short canal connecting the Warwick and Birmingham Canal at Bordesley Junction in Birmingham (52.47570°N 1.87715°W / 52.47570; -1.87715 (Bordesley Junction)) to the Birmingham and Fazeley Canal at Salford Junction near Gravelly Hill Interchange (52.50855°N 1.85926°W / 52.50855, 1.85926). It was authorised in 1840 to relieve pressure on the overcrowded locks at the eastern end of the Birmingham Canal Navigations system. Boats travelling along it had to negotiate six locks, rather than the six of the Ashtead flight and the eleven of the Ashton flight. The connection to the Grand Junction Canal leading to London (now part of the Grand Union Canal) opened in 1844. It is 2.6 miles (4.2 km) long and had six locks, although the stop lock known as Netchells Shallow Lock, at the northern end of the canal, has now been decommissioned, and its gates removed.

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