Wednesday 11 October 2023

Parker Branch Canal

Parker Branch Canal

October 2023

The Parker Branch is little more than a long basin which left the Mainline  to the west at Bromford Junction serving the Oldbury Railway Carriage and Waggon Works.


Entrance to the Parker Branch under L&NWR Railway 1956 - G Wyton Worcestershire Archive

Inside the Parker Branch 1956 - G Wyton Worcestershire Archive

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).

New Main Line north of Pudding Green Junction