Dudley No2 - Lapal West
John Snape 1792 Survey Map
Aerial shot from above Hawne Basin in the 1970's looking towards Lapal Tunnel
Similar view looking straight down to Mucklow Hill in 1963
Hawne Basin used to store Stewart and lloyds tubes
Beyond Hawne 1987 (Robin Webster)
Current limit of Navigation at Hawne
This bridge used to be 100 yards to the south
Alan T Smith 1970 - DCT Archive
1970 Alan T Smith / DCT Archive
North ofHaywood Bridge 1974 - Waletr Somers
North from Mucklow Hill Bridge, Halesowen, 1973
Heywood Forge 1960 - Alan T Smith
Heywood Wharf - Ruth Collins and Hugh Potter
Between Heywood Wharf and Heywood Bridge 1993 - Alan T Smith
Heywood Bridge (north) BCLM Archive
Heywood Bridge David Morris
Heywood Bridge from the Leasowes side in 1954 - Sid Godfrey
Heywood Bridge - BCLM Archive
Leasowes 1957 by David Morris
Leasowes Park
Leasowes Park 1954 - T Eggington Worcestershire Archive
Leasowes 1959 - H Ashmore Worcestershire Archive
Lessowes 1954 - T Eggington Worcestershire Archive
Leasowes 1950 (David Morris)
Leasowes Park 1950 - Alan T Smith/ DCT Archive
Pleasure Boats at Leasowes and Mucklow Hill Bridge in1954 - T Eggington Worcestershire Archive
Leasowes 1959 - H Ashmore Worcestershire Archive
Leasowes 1959 (David Morris)
Leasowes 1965 - Rhodes Thomas / DCT Archive
Leasowes 1954 (Sidney Godfrey)
Leasowes Embankment
Foredrove Bridge in 1950 by Alan T Smith
Foredrove Bridge 1950's (Phil Waldren)
Foredrove Bridge by Alan T Smith / DCT Archive
Foredrove Bridge 1950's (Phil Waldren)
Canal east of Manor Lane in 1967 by Peter Freakley/ DCT Archive
Approaching Manor Lane Source Tony Gregory / BCNS Archive
Manor Way Bridge
Manor Lane Bridge looking south east with Black Horse pub beyond
Manor Way Bridge looking north west - Source Tony Gregory /BCNS Archive
Looking south east under Manor Lane Bridge
Manor Lane Bridge 1901
Black Horse Pub south of Manor Lane Bridge - David Morris
Manor Lane Bridge looking north west - Source Tony Gregory / BCNS Archive
Manor Lane Bridge being demolished looking south east
Looking back at Manor Lane Bridge from the south east
Manor Way Bridge after destruction Source Tony Gregory / BCNS Archive
Near Lapal
Leasowes Narrows created when the bridge was blown up in WW2 as a defensive measure - 1951
Narrows near Lapal Tunnel in 1962 DCT Archive
Dudley No2 to west of Lapal Tunnel - 1970 John Whitehouse
Lapal Pumping Engine remains - BCLM Archive
Lapal West Portal 1951 (HNBC - Weaver Collection)
The capped air shaft
Lapal Tunnel western portal 1910 - DCT archive
Lapal Tunnel western portal - DCT Archive
Lapal canal navigation house at the Lapal tunnel entrance. Mark Bryan's great grandad Leonard James is the baby with his Mother and Father Enos and Sarah James in 1901.
Western Portal 1963 - DCT /H T Bolus
Site of western portal of Lapal Tunnel - DCT Archive
The full collapse 1/3 mile in from the East
Lapal rock fall 1960 - Alan T Smith / DCT Archive
Edwin Fasham crossing the partial collapse in 1961
Collapse in Lapal Tunnel
the last entrance by Andrew and Edwin Fasham in 1961 before the eastern portal was filled in.
The above photos have been assembled from various sources, including those freely found on the internet. My thanks go to the many photographers alive and dead who have contributed to this collection and in so doing, are keeping the memory of these lost canals alive. These images are reproduced for ease of research are are not necessarily the property of this blog, and as such should not be used for commercial gain without the explicit permission of the owner (whoever that may be).
Western Portal 1963 - DCT /H T Bolus
The tunnel collapse photo taken by Andrew and Edwin Fasham. Entrance to the tunnel from the western end, reportedly the last entry into the tunnel before the portal was filled in.
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