Descriptive plaque. The former Boatmens Rest Mission. Wyrley and Essington Canal, Birchills, Walsall, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Europe.

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Birchills Junction is the canal junction at the northern limit of what is now called the Walsall Canal where it meets the Wyrley and Essington Canal main line, near Walsall, West Midlands, England. It opened in 1798, but lasted for little more than a year, until it was re-opened in 1841 when a connecting link was built to the Birmingham Canal Navigations' southern route to Walsall. The top lock of the eight Walsall Locks, which lower the level by 65 feet (20 m), is reached after miles ( km). At the bottom of the flight is Walsall Junction, where the Walsall Canal continues straight ahead and the short Walsall Town Arm turns to the east. The descriptive plaque reads as follows:- BOATMAN'S REST Built 1900-1901 by the Incorporated Seamen and Boatmens' Frienda Society one of only two such boaters' missions surviving in the Black Country. WALSALL 1994.

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Size: 3278px × 4216px
Location: Wyrley and Essington Canal, Birchills, Walsall, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Europe.
Photo credit: © Stan Pritchard / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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