Edgbaston Canal Tunnel - Worcester and Birmingham Canal - Edgbaston, Birmingham, UK - Satellite Imagery Oddities on Waymarking.com

The Edgbaston Tunnel is located on the Worcester and Birmingham Canal at Edgbaston in Birmingham and was opened in 1795.

The tunnel is 105 yards (96 metre)long and runs beneath Church Road. It is the northern most of the five tunnels on this canal and the only one with a towpath. The tow path has a metal handrail and the tunnel which is lit with LED lighting is wide enough for narrowboats to pass each other. (visit link)

"Edgbaston Tunnel (Northeast end) is a minor waterways place on the Worcester and Birmingham Canal (Birmingham to King's Norton) between Worcester Bar (Junction of Worcester and Birmingham Canal with BCN) (1 mile and 1¼ furlongs to the northeast) and Selly Oak Junction (Former junction with Dudley Canal Line No 2) (1 mile and 6¾ furlongs to the southwest). It is at one end of Edgbaston Tunnel. The nearest place in the direction of Worcester Bar is St James Road Bridge No 85; 3 furlongs away. The nearest place in the direction of Selly Oak Junction is Edgbaston Tunnel (Southwest end); ½ furlongs away." Source: (visit link) (visit link)

The Worcester and Birmingham Canal is a canal linking Worcester and Birmingham. It starts in Worcester, as an 'offshoot' of the River Severn and climbs 428 feet (130 m) to its end in the Gas Street Basin in Birmingham. It is 29 miles (47 km) long and has 58 locks, including the 30 Tardebigge Locks, one of the largest lock flights in Europe.

The canal was surveyed by Josiah Clowes and John Snape and construction of a barge-width (14 ft) canal began in 1792 from the Birmingham end, but progressed slowly. Its engineers changed often, and included Thomas Cartwright, John Woodhouse and William Crosley. The final 16 miles (26 km) were opened in December 1815.
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