- Rushall Canal
The Rushall Canal is a straight, short (2 ¾ mile), narrow (7 foot)
canal forming part of theBirmingham Canal Navigations (BCN) on the eastern side ofWalsall , West Midlands,England .Route
The Rushall Canal runs from Rushall Junction (which is within the triangle formed by the flyovers of the junction of the M5 and
M6 motorway s) on theTame Valley Canal and climbs due north through nine locks to Longwood Junction at Hay Head, where it joins the 5 ¼ mile-long Daw End Branch, a meandering, lock-free branch of theWyrley and Essington Canal (W&E) which joins the main W&E atCatshill Junction nearBrownhills . A short, non-navigable, arm at Longwood Junction leads to Hay Head Nature Reserve, once limestone mines.History
It was built in the, then, county of
Staffordshire underAct of Parliament of April 1844 (four years after the merger of the BCN and W&E) to connect the Daw End Branch to The Tame Valley Canal to take coal fromCannock mines toBirmingham and theBlack Country . The engineer was James Walker. It was specified to be 36 ft. wide with 9 ft. double towpaths (only a single built). It was completed 1847. [cite book |last= Broadbridge|first= S. R.|authorlink= |coauthors= |editor= |others= |title=The Birmingham Canal Navigations, Vol. 1 1768 - 1846|origdate= 1974|publisher= David & Charles|isbn= 0-7509-2077-7 p116]Points of Interest
References
*cite book |last= Pearson|first= Michael|authorlink= |coauthors= |editor= |others= |title=Canal Companion - Birmingham Canal Navigations|origdate= 1989|publisher= J. M. Pearson & Associates|isbn= 0-907864-49-X
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