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Encyclopedia > Birmingham Canal Navigations

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.

Contents

The BCN network

Linking canals

Associated features

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

External link

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



 

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