EAW021493 ENGLAND (1949). The Cox and Danks Ltd Works surrounding Tatbank Road and environs, Oldbury, from the south-west, 1949. This image has been produced from a print marked by Aerofilms Ltd for photo editing.
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Title | [EAW021493] The Cox and Danks Ltd Works surrounding Tatbank Road and environs, Oldbury, from the south-west, 1949. This image has been produced from a print marked by Aerofilms Ltd for photo editing. |
Reference | EAW021493 |
Date | 15-March-1949 |
Link | |
Place name | OLDBURY |
Parish | |
District | |
Country | ENGLAND |
Easting / Northing | 399522, 288615 |
Longitude / Latitude | -2.0070414108544, 52.495075604455 |
National Grid Reference | SO995886 |
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The Tat Bank/Spon Lane branch - made navigable in the 1880s from part of a feeder to Rotton Park reservoir. According to one source this became disused in the early C20th, but this photo indicates it was in still in use in 1949. |
John W |
Thursday 21st of July 2016 06:00:06 PM |
Titford Canal; at 511 feet above sea level the highest navigable part of the BCN. |
John W |
Thursday 21st of July 2016 05:55:31 PM |