🚢 Walsall Canal

The Walsall Canal is a narrow canal, 7 feet or 2.1 metres wide, and 7 miles (11 km) long, forming part of the Birmingham Canal Navigations, and passing around the western side of Walsall, West Midlands, England. It was built in four stages, the first being a detached part of the Birmingham and Fazeley Canal from Ryders Green Junction to Broadwaters, started in 1783. The Birchills Branch of the Wyrley and Essington Canal opened in 1798, the end of which eventually formed another part of the canal. The third section was built in two phases, from Broadwaters to Darlaston and from there to Walsall. This opened around 1800. The final section was a flight of eight locks to link the canal at Walsall to the Birchills Branch, and this was opened in 1841.