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Birmingham and Warwick Junction Canal
Birmingham and Warwick Junction Canal Navigation Act 1840
Act of Parliament
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Long title An Act for making and maintaining a navigable Cut or Canal connecting the Warwick and Birmingham Canal with the Birmingham Canal, commencing by a Junction with the Warwick and Birmingham Canal, in the Hamlet of Bordesley in the Parish of Aston-juxta-Birmingham in the County of Warwick, and terminating by a Junction with the Birmingham Canal, near Salford Bridge, in the same Parish.
Citation 3 & 4 Vict. c. lvii
Dates
Royal assent 4 June 1840
Text of statute as originally enacted

The Birmingham and Warwick Junction Canal is a short canal [1] connecting the Digbeth Branch of the Birmingham and Fazeley Canal in the centre of Birmingham ( 52°28′33″N1°52′38″W / 52.47570°N 1.87715°W / 52.47570; -1.87715 ) to the Warwick and Birmingham Canal near Gravelly Hill Interchange ( 52°30′31″N1°51′33″W / 52.50855°N 1.85926°W / 52.50855; -1.85926 ). It was authorized in 1840 by act of Parliament, the Birmingham and Warwick Junction Canal Navigation Act 1840 (3 & 4 Vict. c. lvii) to relieve pressure on this connection to the Grand Junction Canal leading to London and opened in 1844. It is 2.5 miles long and has six locks. [2]

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In 1929 it was bought by the Regent's Canal company to form part of the Grand Union Canal. Like the Camp Hill locks it was not broadened in 1933 as it only led to other narrow canals.

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References

  1. "Birmingham & Warwick Junction Canal - Birmingham & Black Country Canal Walks" . Retrieved 17 March 2019.
  2. "The history of the Birmingham and Warwick Canal 1793 to 1972, by John Morris Jones". Acocks Green History Society: new website. Retrieved 17 March 2019.

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52°29′46″N1°51′47″W / 52.49612°N 1.86293°W / 52.49612; -1.86293