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BCN Marathon Challenge 2013: On the right a Horseley Iron Works bridge carries the towpath over Avery's Basin, a part of the Old Main Line that first served Soho Foundry and then W & T Avery, the well known manufacturer of scales and weighing machines..
Birmingham Canal Navigation,
United Kingdom,
on 25 May 2013 at 08:43, image #76
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BCN Marathon Challenge 2013: The BCN New Main Line between Winson Green Rowing Bridge and Avery Rail Bridge..
Birmingham Canal Navigation,
United Kingdom,
on 25 May 2013 at 08:44, image #77
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BCN Marathon Challenge 2013: Avery Rail Bridge at the BCN New Main Line, close to Avery's Basin. W & T Avery, the well known manufacturer of scales and weighing machines, had a factory at the site of the former Soho Foundry, closeby..
Birmingham Canal Navigation,
United Kingdom,
on 25 May 2013 at 08:45, image #78
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BCN Marathon Challenge 2013: Avery Rail Bridge at the BCN New Main Line. Although it is "just" a short railway bridge, it looks more like a short tunnel..
Birmingham Canal Navigation,
United Kingdom,
on 25 May 2013 at 08:45, image #79
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BCN Marathon Challenge 2013: Avery Rail Bridge at the BCN New Main Line. Although it is "just" a short railway bridge, it looks more like a short tunnel..
Birmingham Canal Navigation,
United Kingdom,
on 25 May 2013 at 08:45, image #80
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BCN Marathon Challenge 2013: The BCN New Main Line between Avery Rail Bridge and Rabone Lane Bridge. On the right, Avery Basin, a canal loop that was part of the Old Main Line, joins the New Main Line again..
Birmingham Canal Navigation,
United Kingdom,
on 25 May 2013 at 08:48, image #81
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BCN Marathon Challenge 2013: The BCN New Main Line between Avery Rail Bridge and Rabone Lane Bridge. The bricked up bridge on the left, French Walls Bridge, once served the French Walls Estate and farm..
Birmingham Canal Navigation,
United Kingdom,
on 25 May 2013 at 08:49, image #82
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BCN Marathon Challenge 2013: Fish Eye view of Rabone Lane Bridge, BCN New Main Line. The modern bridge carries the B4136 over the canal..
Birmingham Canal Navigation,
United Kingdom,
on 25 May 2013 at 08:50, image #83
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BCN Marathon Challenge 2013: Fish Eye view of Rabone Lane Bridge, BCN New Main Line. The modern bridge carries the B4136 over the canal..
Birmingham Canal Navigation,
United Kingdom,
on 25 May 2013 at 08:50, image #84
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BCN Marathon Challenge 2013: The BCN New Main Line between Rabone Lane Bridge (behind) and Smethwick Main Line Turnover Bridge. Just before the bridge, on the right and next to the factory, the bump in the towpath is at the site of a former canal branch..
Birmingham Canal Navigation,
United Kingdom,
on 25 May 2013 at 08:52, image #85
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BCN Marathon Challenge 2013: Smethwick Main Line Turnover Bridge, a Horseley Iron Works cast iron bridge, dated 1828, on the BCN New Main Line, with Smethwick Junction behind..
Birmingham Canal Navigation,
United Kingdom,
on 25 May 2013 at 08:53, image #86
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BCN Marathon Challenge 2013: Smethwick Junction, on the left the New Main Line, on the right the Old Main Line with the Smethwick Towing Path Bridge, another Horseley Iron Works cast iron bridge. Just behind the bridge, on the right, a factory bridge over a former canal basin that served Woodford Iron Works..
Birmingham Canal Navigation,
United Kingdom,
on 25 May 2013 at 08:53, image #87
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BCN Marathon Challenge 2013: Smethwick Towing Path Bridge at Smethwick Junction, a Horseley Iron Works cast iron bridge carrying the towpath from the right of the New Main Line to the left of the Old Main Line..
Birmingham Canal Navigation,
United Kingdom,
on 25 May 2013 at 08:53, image #88
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BCN Marathon Challenge 2013: The Woodford Iron Works factory bridge on the Old Main Line, close to Smethwick Junction..
Birmingham Canal Navigation,
United Kingdom,
on 25 May 2013 at 08:53, image #89
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BCN Marathon Challenge 2013: Smethwick bottom lock on the BCN Old Main Line, close to Smethwick Junction. The "New Navigation Inn", a Banks's pub, has seen better times. There used to be two parallel sets of locks, built by John Smeaton in 1786 to cope with the amount of traffic, the duplicate locks were removed in the 1960s..
Birmingham Canal Navigation,
United Kingdom,
on 25 May 2013 at 09:02, image #90