Wyrley , Essington, Lord Hays, Gilpins, Slough Sandhills and Hay Head Branches

Wyrley, Essington, Lord Hays, Gilpins, Slough, Sandhills and Hay Head Branches


Wyrley Branch




* Image colourised from black and white original



1:25000 Ordnance Survey Map 1920



Sneyd Locks





Sneyd Locks 1945 (Google Earth)



Sneyd Junction and Bottom Lock 1984 (Tar Boat)



Sneyd Bottom Lock 1984 (Tarboat)



* Sneyd Bottom Lock 1956 (HNBC Philip Weaver)



* Sneyd Bottom Lock 1947 (Lewin Spracklen collection)



Sneyd Locks 1945 (Google Earth)



* Sneyd Junction 1958 (Arthur Watts CRT Archive)



Sneyd Bottom Lock (John Fellows)



Sneyd Bottom Lock (DG Walters)



South from Sneyd Lane (Arthur Farrand Radley, BCNS)



North at Sneyd Lane 1998 (David Townsend)



Sneyd Lane Bridge Plan (CRT)



Sneyd Lane Bridge Plan (Wolverhampton Archives)



Sneyd Lock 4 1979 (Alan T Smith)



Sneyd Lock 4 (Laurence Hogg)



North from Sney Lane 
(Arthur Farrand Radley, BCNS)



Bottom Locks and Sneyd Junction



Sneyd Locks Plan 1954 (CRT)



* Sneyd Lock 3 1956? (Rodney Weaver RCHS)



Sneyd Lock 3 (DCTT)



Sneyd Reservoir



* Sneyd Lock 2 and Pub



Sneyd Lock 2



Sneyd Top Lock 1984 (Tar Boat)



Sneyd Top Lock (BCNS)



* Sneyd Top Lock Bridge 1956 (HNBC Philip Weaver)



Sneyd Top Lock (Martin OKeeffe, BCNS)



* Sneyd Top Lock Bridge 1956 (HNBC Philip Weaver)



Above Sneyd Top Lock (Martin OKeeffe, BCNS)



Above Sneyd Top Lock (Martin OKeeffe, BCNS)



Above Sneyd Top Lock 1979 (Alan T Smith)



Above Sneyd Top Lock 1979 (Alan T Smith)



Above Sneyd Top Lock 1979 (David Townsend)



* Sneyd Farm and House




Above Sneyd Locks 1945 (Google Earth)



Above Sneyd Top Lock (BCNS)




Looking back to Sneyd Top Lock (Tony Kulik)



Central Section




Central Section and Essington Branch 1945 (Google Earth)



Essington Locks Plan (CRT)



Entrance to Essington Branch (David Townsend)



Entrance to Essington Branch (Kathryn Evans)



* Essington Lock 3 1970's (Laurence Hogg)



Essington Locks
 (Laurence Hogg)



Essington Locks
 (Laurence Hogg)



* Essington Top Lock 1971 (Jim Evans)



* Essington Top Lock 1971 (Jim Evans)



* Essington Top Lock 1971 (Jim Evans)



* Essington Top Lock 1971 (Jim Evans)



Essington Top Lock 1971 (Jim Evans)



Essington Branch 1945 (Google Earth)



* Essington Colliery



Sneyd (Tar Boat)



North from Broadlane Bridge



Broadlane Bridge 1984 (Tar Boat)



Broadlane Bridge (CRT)



North from Broadlane Bridge (BCNS)



Railway Bridge (Martin OKeeffe, BCNS)



Railway Bridge 1984 (Tar Boat)




North towards Newton 1945 (Google Earth)



North of Railway Bridge (Martin OKeeffe, BCNS)



North of Railway Bridge 1998 (David Townsend)



North of Railway Bridge (Martin OKeeffe, BCNS)



North of Railway Bridge 1998 (David Townsend)



North of Railway Bridge (Martin OKeeffe, BCNS)



Near the Railway Bridge 2009 (Andy Tidy)


Wyrley Bank Branch




Newton 1945 (Google Earth)



Newton 1945 (Google Earth)



Junction of the Wyrley Bank Branch 1972 (David Townsend)



Footbridge at Junction of the Wyrley Bank Branch 1965 (Ian Huselbee)



Approaching the Terminus at Newtown 1965 (Ian Huselbee)



Junction of the Wyrley Bank Branch 1972 (David Townsend)



Newton looking East to Old Terminus 1986 (Trevor Littlewood)



Railway Bridge 1998 (David Townsend)



Railway Bridge 1990 (David Townsend)



Railway Bridge 1998 (David Townsend)



South of Long Lane Bridge (Martin OKeeffe, BCNS)



Long Lane South 2009 (Andy Tidy)



Long Lane Bridge 1972 (David Townsend)



Long Lane North 1965 (Ian Huselbee)



Long Lane North 1972 (David Townsend)



Approaching Baker Bridge 1998 (David Townsend)



Baker Bridge 1998 (David Townsend)



Baker's Bridge 2009 (Andy Tidy)



Near Great Wyrley



* Looking North towards the Lift Bridge from near Landywood Bridge 1957



* Gilpins Basin 1972 (Malcolm Podmore)



Gilpins Basin (Laurence Hogg)



* Cheslyn Hay Lift Bridge 1926



Cheslyn Hay Lift Bridge (BCNS)



* Nook Colliery Cheslyn Hay



Cheslyn Hay Basin (Laurence Hogg)


Lord Hays Branch




Lord Hays Branch 1945 (Google Earth)



Junction 2011 (Andy Tidy)



* Fishley 1 Bridge



Fishley 1 Bridge 1979 (Alan T Smith)



Fishley 1 Bridge 1974 (David Townsend)



East from Fishley 1 Bridge
 
1979 (Alan T Smith)



Canal Bed
 2011 (Andy Tidy)



Fishley 3 Bridge 2011 (Andy Tidy)



Approaching the Terminus 2011 (Andy Tidy)



Gilpins Arm





* Gilpins Arm



* Gilpins Arm



Gilpins Arm 1945 (Google Earth)



Slough Arm




Slough Arm 1971 (Meridian Air Maps)



Slough Arm 1972 (Edwin Shearing)



Junction 2011 (Andy Tidy)



Canal Bed 2011 (Andy Tidy)



Below Lock (Laurence Hogg)



Below Lock (Laurence Hogg)



Lock (Laurence Hogg)



Lock 
2011 (Andy Tidy)



Lock 
2011 (Andy Tidy)



Lock (Laurence Hogg)



Lock 
2011 (Andy Tidy)



Below Engine Bridge 
2011 (Andy Tidy)



Engine Bridge 
2011 (Andy Tidy)



Engine Bridge 
2011 (Andy Tidy)



Engine Bridge 
(Laurence Hogg)



Engine Bridge 
(Laurence Hogg)



Above Engine Bridge 
2011 (Andy Tidy)


Sandhills Arm




Sandhills Arm 1963 (Meridian Air Maps)



Sandhills Arm 1963 (Cambridge Air Pictures)



Sandhills Arm 2011 (Andy Tidy)



Sandhills Arm 2011 (Andy Tidy)



Sandhills Arm 2011 (Andy Tidy)



Sandhills Arm 2011 (Andy Tidy)


Hay Head Branch





Hay Head Branch 1934 (Britain from Above)



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