Pensnett Canal
| Pensnett Canal | |
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One of the few parts of the canal in water
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| Specifications | |
| Maximum height above sea level | 473 ft (144 m) (Wolverhampton Level) |
| Status | Mostly infilled |
| History | |
| Construction began | 1839 |
| Date completed | 1840 |
| Date closed | 1950 |
| Geography | |
| Connects to | Dudley Canal |
The Pensnett Canal, also called Lord Ward's Canal was a private 1.25 miles (2 km) long canal near Brierley Hill, West Midlands, England.[1] The engineer was Mathew Frost.[2] It has now almost entirely been lost by overbuilding.
It ran from Parkhead Basin at the southern portal of the Dudley Canal to the Wallows Wharf[3] to serve the Earl of Dudley's coalfields (Old Park and Wallows Collieries) and the northern part of his (now demolished) Round Oak Steelworks, where a short railway ran to the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal.[3][4] The Dudley No. 1 Canal ran close to the southern part of that works.
It was also known as Lord Ward's Canal although there is an identically named branch from the northern portal of the Dudley Tunnel. Baron Ward was another title of the Earl of Dudley.
The canal is completely unnavigable, having been partly infilled and in many places built upon by industrial premises. The remaining canal was reported by the local council to be contaminated.[5] A short length, now called Pensnett Basin, runs between Parkhead Junction and an arch of the Parkhead Viaduct, where the arch has been closed off. There is no further access to the former canal although a public footpath follows a short distance over the course between factories. The course of the canal can also be observed from a number of road bridges.
Points of interest
| Point | Coordinates (Links to map resources) |
OS Grid Ref | Notes |
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| Start. Junction with Dudley Canal at Parkhead Basin | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | SO93208911 | |
| Limit of navigation in Pensnett Basin | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | SO93228902 | |
| Parkhead Viaduct | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | SO93228900 | |
| East end of public footpath between factories | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | SO92988838 | |
| West end of public footpath between factories. Pedmore Road bridge. | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | SO92818830 | |
| Canal used as industrial cooling pool | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | SO92838830 | |
| Rail bridge | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | SO92488827 | |
| Canal Street bridge | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | SO92348816 | |
| Site of Round Oak Steelworks | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | SO920879 | |
| Site of Harthill Iron Works | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | SO92368822 | |
| A461 Dudley Road bridge | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | SO91988807 | |
| Terminus (approx). The Wallows, Hope Works, start of Mineral Railway to Stourbridge Canal. | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | SO91858814 | |
| Terminus (approx) of Mineral Railway by Stourbridge Canal | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | SO9125884 |
See also
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References
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