Office Building above Narrow Boats, Gas Street Canal Basin (Birmingham-Worcester Canal), Birmingham City Centre, England, UK
In 1800, Birmingham was the hub of the Industrial Revolution in Britain and the centre of England's canal network which stretched from Liverpool to London. The basin used to link the 'Worcester & Birmingham Canal' to the 'Birmingham Canal Main Line'. The Worcester Bar, built in 1792, separated the two canals for 30 years so that the Birmingham Canal Navigations company didn't lose water to the Worcester & Birmingham canal. If a cargo needed to continue on the other canal, the whole load had to be taken off one boat and loaded onto another on the other side of the bar which was a major inconvenience. In 1815, a lock was put into the bar to allow boats through.
Size: 3653px × 5538px
Location: Birmingham City Centre, England, UK
Photo credit: © George Munday / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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