Birmingham Canal Navigations - Definition and Overview

Birmingham Canal Navigations (BCN) is a network of canals linking Birmingham, England to Wolverhampton and the Black Country.

At its maximum, there were about 160 miles of canals; today just over 100 miles are navigable.

The BCN network

• Anson Branch
• BCN Main Line
• Cannock Extension Canal
• Gower Branch Canal
• Old Main Line
• Rushall Canal
• Spon Lane Locks Branch
• Titford Canal
• Wednesbury Old Canal
• Wyrley and Essington Canal
• Netherton Tunnel Branch Canal
• Daw End Branch Canal

Linking canals

• Anglesey Branch
• Birmingham and Fazeley Canal
• Birmingham and Worcester Canal
• Digbeth Branch Canal
• Dudley Canal Line No 1
• Dudley Canal Line No 2
• Soho Branch Loop Line
• Tame Valley Canal
• Walsall Branch Canal
• Walsall Canal
• Wednesbury Oak Loop Line

Associated features

• Edgbaston Reservoir

Bibliography

• The Birmingham Canal Navigations, Vol. 1 1768 - 1846, S R Broadbridge. Published by David & Charles 1974 (there was no second volume)
• Birmingham's Canals by Ray Shill, ISBN 0750920777. Published by Sutton Publishing 2000
• Birmingham New Street. The Story of a Great Station Including Curzon Street. 1 Background and Beginnings. The Years up to 1860. By Richard Foster. Wild Swan Publications Limited (1990) ISBN 0906867789

See also

• James Brindley
• Thomas Dadford
• Transport in Birmingham, England
• Canals of the United Kingdom
• The Smethwick Engine

External link

• Jim Shead's website (http://easyweb.easynet.co.uk/jim.shead/Birmingham-Canal-Navigations.html#BCN)