Birmingham and Warwick Junction Canal
| Birmingham and Warwick Junction Canal | |
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The canal at the Heartlands Spine Road | |
Interactive map of Birmingham and Warwick Junction Canal | |
| Specifications | |
| Length | 2.6 miles (4.2 km) |
| Maximum boat length | 72 ft 0 in (21.95 m) |
| Maximum boat beam | 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) |
| Locks | 5 (originally 6) |
| Status | Navigable |
| Navigation authority | Canal and River Trust |
| History | |
| Original owner | Birmingham and Warwick Canal; Birmingham and Napton Canal |
| Date of act | 1840 |
| Date of first use | 1844 |
| Geography | |
| Start point | Salford Junction |
| End point | Bordesley Junction |
| Branch of | Grand Union Canal |
| Birmingham and Warwick Junction Canal Navigation Act 1840 | |
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| Act of Parliament | |
| Long title | An Act for making and maintaining a navigable Cut or Canal connecting the Warwick and Birmingham Canal with the Birmingham Canal, commencing by a Junction with the Warwick and Birmingham Canal, in the Hamlet of Bordesley in the Parish of Aston-juxta-Birmingham in the County of Warwick, and terminating by a Junction with the Birmingham Canal, near Salford Bridge, in the same Parish. |
| Citation | 3 & 4 Vict. c. lvii |
| Territorial extent | United Kingdom |
| Dates | |
| Royal assent | 4 June 1840 |
| Commencement | 4 June 1840 |
| Other legislation | |
| Amends | Birmingham Canal Navigations Act 1835 |
| Text of statute as originally enacted | |
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The Birmingham and Warwick Junction Canal is a short canal connecting the Warwick and Birmingham Canal at Bordesley Junction in Birmingham (52°28′33″N 1°52′38″W / 52.47570°N 1.87715°W) to the Birmingham and Fazeley Canal at Salford Junction near Gravelly Hill Interchange (52°30′31″N 1°51′33″W / 52.50855°N 1.85926°W). It was authorised in 1840 to relieve pressure on this connection to the Grand Junction Canal leading to London and opened in 1844. It is 2.6 miles (4.2 km) long and had six locks.