Autherley Junction

Autherley Junction
Autherley Junction. A narrowboat is descending the stop lock.
Interactive map of Autherley Junction
Specifications
StatusOpen
Navigation authorityCanal & River Trust
History
Date completed1835
Tettenhall and Autherley Canal
 Staffs and Worcs Canal
B'ham and L'pool Jn Canal
Proposed Tettenhall Canal
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) Proposed new locks
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Stop lock
Autherley Junction
Half mile stretch between junctions
 Aldersley Junction
21
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20
 ) Wolverhampton Locks
19
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Birmingham Canal

Autherley Junction (grid reference SJ901020) is the name of the canal junction where the Shropshire Union Canal terminates and meets the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal near to Oxley, north Wolverhampton, West Midlands, England. It dates from 1835, when the Birmingham and Liverpool Junction Canal opened, prior to it becoming part of the Shropshire Union network.

It was the subject of hot debate, as the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal tried to charge extremely high compensation tolls for the use of the short stretch between the new junction and Aldersley Junction, where the Birmingham Canal Navigations joined it. Proposals to build a bypass around the junction eventually led to the tolls being reduced to economic levels.

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