Birmingham Canal Network Fact Sheet
Birmingham Canal Navigations (BCN) is a network of canals connecting Birmingham, Length: Wolverhampton and the eastern part of the 186 miles Black Country.
One of the most intricate canal networks the Building cost world, the Birmingham Canal Navigations (BCN) £50,ooo system, adds up to 1 00 miles over 1 3 canals.
History Engineer: The canal network was built over a 100 year James Brindley period starting from 1 772. The canals were the life-blood of Victorian Birmingham and at their height they were so busy that gas lighting was Locks: installed to enable round-the-clock operation. 216 Over eight and a half million tons a year was being carried at the end of the nineteenth century. The canal network serviced the canal Tunnels: side factories and carried raw materials in and products out to the country and world.
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Grand Union Canal Fact Sheet
The Grand Union Canal is the longest canal in the UK at 286 miles long and runs from London Length: to Birmingham. 286 miles History The canal was not originally constructed as one canal; it is the result of various canals being amalgamated and Building cost connected during the early 19th century. The canal £772,ooo passes through varied scenery from rolling countryside to industrial towns and cities. Locks: The canal faced competition from the railways 1 66 in the second half of the 19th century. Improvements in roads and vehicle technology in the early part of the 20th century meant that Tunnels: 6 the lorry was also becoming a threat to the canals. The Regent's Canal and the Grand Junction Canal agreed that amalgamation and modernisation were the only way to remain competitive.
The Grand Union Canal opened on 1st January 1929 and was further extended in 1932. It was formed from the amalgamation of several different canals.
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Leeds and Liverpool Canal Fact Sheet
The Leeds and Liverpool Canal runs from Liverpool in the west to the Aire and Calder Navigation at Leeds. Length: 205 km (127 miles) History During the 18th century, as the Industrial Revolution progressed, towns were keen to be connected to larger cities, coalfields, and industrial centres Building cost so that trade could expand. Many canals were built to speed up transport. £l .2 million
In the middle of the 1 700's Yorkshire was the centre of Britain's woollen industry. Factory owners knew that if they could get their wool to the port Engineer: of Liverpool, they would be able to ship it to Africa and America. Merchants in Liverpool wanted to build a canal going east so that they could get coal James Brindley from Wigan.
The building of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal suffered many problems. It Locks: 43 took 46 years to complete and it cost five times more than the original budget! Tunnels: 1 Building started in 1768 and was finally opened in 181 6.
Bingley Five Rise Locks Bingley Five-Rise Locks is a world famous staircase lock on the Leeds and Liverpool canals.