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The name "Spon Lane Locks Branch" is a later nomenclature. The "branch" and its remaining 3 (of 6) descending locks was part of the original "'Wednesbury Canal'" branch of the James Brindley Birmingham Canal (Old Main Line). It was open from Birmingham to Wednesbury in 1769, three years before the Birmingham Canal had reached Wolverhampton. Both the Wednesbury and Wolverhampton extents were part of the original Act of Parliament for the Birmingham Canal. The 1829 date is when the branch was reopened after a (one week, I think) closure to connect to the Telford improvements – the New Main Line – at Bromford Junction. The Spon Lane part is 60 years older than this.
For clarification, (and to remind myself):
Oosoom Talk 16:27, 26 March 2012 (UTC)
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The name "Spon Lane Locks Branch" is a later nomenclature. The "branch" and its remaining 3 (of 6) descending locks was part of the original "'Wednesbury Canal'" branch of the James Brindley Birmingham Canal (Old Main Line). It was open from Birmingham to Wednesbury in 1769, three years before the Birmingham Canal had reached Wolverhampton. Both the Wednesbury and Wolverhampton extents were part of the original Act of Parliament for the Birmingham Canal. The 1829 date is when the branch was reopened after a (one week, I think) closure to connect to the Telford improvements – the New Main Line – at Bromford Junction. The Spon Lane part is 60 years older than this.
For clarification, (and to remind myself):
Oosoom Talk 16:27, 26 March 2012 (UTC)