December 2024
The location of the lost Union Branch remains confusing no matter how many times you look at the map, zipping back and forth across Telfords New Main Line.
The reason for this is that the branch predates Telford's canal and was in fact a branch off Brindley's 1767 original canal connecting Birmingham with the collieries of Balls Hill. The New canal sliced right through the branch in two places creating several loops and arms in the process.
To complicate matters further the Albion Railway Interchange Basin was built next to the branch's entrance to the Wednesbury Old Canal.
Not easy to understand but well worth the effort expended in the process.
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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