Black Country Museum
When I reviewed Ray Shill's The Birmingham Canal Navigations I mentioned the idea of posting some "then and now" photos from around the BCN, highlighting the changes that have taken place over the years.
One particular image that caught my eye was a photo of the Tipton portal at the eastern end of the Dudley Canal Tunnel, taken from the Birmingham Road bridge. The photo shows the Black Country Museum in its infancy in the late 1970's and the early restoration work completed by the Dudley Canal Trust.
One particular image that caught my eye was a photo of the Tipton portal at the eastern end of the Dudley Canal Tunnel, taken from the Birmingham Road bridge. The photo shows the Black Country Museum in its infancy in the late 1970's and the early restoration work completed by the Dudley Canal Trust.
Here is the same scene thirty years later:
For the eagle eyed, Wand'ring Bark is third boat back on the left, tied to the ring in the bridge wall which makes a useful emergency mooring when everything else is occupied.
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