John Snape 1792 Survey Map
Southern portal of tunnel
Leggers emerging from Gosty Hill Tunnel
Stewarts and Lloyds tube works
Since rebuilt as Burton Bridge, entrance to Hawne Basin
Hawne Basin Transhipment Interchange
1966
1966
Coombs Wood Colliery, near Hawne Basin
The last pit pony led from Coombs Wood Colliery
Leasowes 1960's
Manor Way Bridge
Manor Lane Bridge
Near Lapal
Mucklow Hill
Halesowen to Western Portal of Lapal Tunnel
Western Portal of Lapal Tunnel
The capped air shaft
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.
From above the tunnel portal 1957
The lock beam 300 yards on from the Eastern Portal - Edwin Fasham
From above the tunnel portal 1957
Collapse in Lapal Tunnel
the last entrance by Andrew and Edwin Fasham in 1961 before the eastern portal was filled in.
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).
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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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