Friday 8 May 2020

Causeway Green Branch - Titford

Causeway Green Branch - Titford

Causeway Green 1921

The junction where the Causeway Green Branch joins the Titford Canal

Junction at Titford Bridge Source Sandwell Archive RPS

Navigation Inn at Titford Bridge Source Sandwell Archive RPS

Titford Bridge at Navigation Inn - Source Sandwell Archive RPS


Causeway Green and Portway Junction early 1970's - Hugh Potter

Causeway Green Junction - T Eggington Worcestershire Archive


Causeway Green 1973 - Hugh Potter







Causeway Green Branch with Titford Pools behind

Overflow by Titford Pool looking north Source Sandwell Archive RPS

Titford Overflow of Causeway Green Embankment - Source Sandwell Archive RPS

Titford Overflow on Causeway Green Embankment - Source Sandwell Archive RPS


Swan Bridge - Source Ian Huselbee


Causeway Green Philip Weaver / RCHS

Heartlands Colliery Basin
Loading narrow boats with coal from the many pits around  in Whiteheath the houses in the background are the Jubilee Cottages behind them would be the Vine now the Fox Tavern the road in front of the cottages is York road. The big chimney on the right is the old sewage works on the field where Titford lake is.

Unknown Colliery Basin - Possibly Heartlands on Causeway Green



Loading Coal at Hartlands Colliery

End of Causeway Green from Heartands Basin - Source Ian Huselbee 
 
Hugh Potter 1973 image




Hugh Potter 1973 image

Causeway Green 1970 - Steve King

The Causeway Green Branch ended at the railway embankment

Hugh Potter 1973 image looking north from the railway embankment

Hugh Potter 1973 image looking north



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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