tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-367296273511467142.post288682435082919422..comments2024-03-19T22:19:20.357+00:00Comments on Captain Ahab's Watery Tales: Flights of fancy - updateAndy Tidyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05297448211000021970noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-367296273511467142.post-23723003280474203822016-04-21T16:51:18.800+01:002016-04-21T16:51:18.800+01:00I realise that this is a rather belated comment, b...I realise that this is a rather belated comment, but the map of Gibson's Arm taken from Richard Chester Browne's book seems to be wrong. It has the arm connecting about a third of the way along the northern of the two basins. I think the connection and the site of the Gibson's Arm Lock is at the eastern end of the northern basin,in line with the connection to the southern basin. The lock is shown on the 1889 OS 1:500 town plan of Birmingham, which can be seen at https://www.old-maps.co.uk/#/Map/409500/287500/13/100356.<br />Gibson's Arm left the Newhall Branch under what is now Cambrian Hall and seems to have tunnelled under some buildings that stood where Brindley Drive car park now is, emerging at the back of a building on the other side of Cambridge St. The lock was situated under what is now Baskerville House. Given that the plaza in front of Baskerville House, and the land on the far side of Broad Street, are at a higher level than Cambridge St, it seems pretty certain that the lock took boats up to the basins from the Birmingham level.Steve (stephen@abbott1984.plus.com)noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-367296273511467142.post-84678701310444466292013-03-30T08:37:06.655+00:002013-03-30T08:37:06.655+00:00For the Wolverhampton Level – I think there was an...For the Wolverhampton Level – I think there was another branch descending to the left through two locks immediately beyond the current end of the Wednesbury Oak Loop and well before you get to Bradley Locks.<br /><br />For the Birmingham Level – Assuming you are limiting yourself to the BCN then I suggest you mention Worcester Bar as a potential loss (or gain?) of water.<br />Paul (from Waterway Routes)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07842471981529276368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-367296273511467142.post-70039007137993143052011-05-30T13:02:22.359+01:002011-05-30T13:02:22.359+01:00And then there's the lock at the entrance to t...And then there's the lock at the entrance to the Gibson's Arm off the old Newhall Arm.....<br /><br />- MarkMarkhttp://nbnorthstar.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-367296273511467142.post-11486585236232557542011-05-26T20:49:41.146+01:002011-05-26T20:49:41.146+01:00Hi Mark
Yup we are all set for the off and will be...Hi Mark<br />Yup we are all set for the off and will be spending Sunday night at Walsall so see you there.Andy Tidyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05297448211000021970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-367296273511467142.post-8725115007195717762011-05-26T20:14:03.456+01:002011-05-26T20:14:03.456+01:00I hear you are doing the BCN Challenge this weeken...I hear you are doing the BCN Challenge this weekend.....<br /><br />I am doing it with Tawny Owl for the second time. Hope we get the chance to catch up at some stage and talk about those lost stretches of the Jesson Branch, Halford Branch and the aqueduct over the old GWR at Tunnel Lane in West Bromwich! I am looking at some archives at Sandwell Archives tomorrow and I am hoping to find a plan of the original terminal basin there!<br /><br />Mark (of NB North Star)Markhttp://nbnorthstar.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-367296273511467142.post-5504542411517749212011-05-24T21:23:13.455+01:002011-05-24T21:23:13.455+01:00Nick
Thanks for pointing out Blowers Green - can y...Nick<br />Thanks for pointing out Blowers Green - can you tell that I rarely venture onto the back of the map! I could kick myself for missing the Two Locks line - I have walked it and found the foundations of the top lock!<br />Are you doing the Challenge this year?Andy Tidyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05297448211000021970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-367296273511467142.post-84965815544642655882011-05-24T20:24:34.735+01:002011-05-24T20:24:34.735+01:00I don't think you've missed any for the Wo...I don't think you've missed any for the Wolverhampton level, but for<br />Birmingham you've made a (tiddly) mistake: Delph isn't off the Birmingham<br />level, there is Blower's Green (originally the bottom 2 of Park Head)<br />in the way. That means you've got to add the Two Locks Line locks as<br />well.<br /><br />Being pedantic, I assume you're not counting (ex) stop locks as<br />breaking a level up. Otherwise you've got (at least) one at the<br />junction of the Dudley and W&B and one at Horseley Fields.Nickhttp://canalplan.org.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-367296273511467142.post-77157178034804560402011-05-24T11:01:40.867+01:002011-05-24T11:01:40.867+01:00Gobsmacked!Gobsmacked!Martinnoreply@blogger.com