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Latitude: 52.5067 / 52°30'24"N
Longitude: -1.9957 / 1°59'44"W
OS Eastings: 400390
OS Northings: 289869
OS Grid: SP003898
Mapcode National: GBR 2BZ.89
Mapcode Global: VH9YV.C8B5
Plus Code: 9C4WG243+MP
Entry Name: Top Lock, Spon Lane Locks, with Attached Footbridge Birmingham Canal Wolverhampton Level
Listing Date: 30 March 1987
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1215249
English Heritage Legacy ID: 219241
ID on this website: 101215249
Location: West Smethwick, Sandwell, West Midlands, B70
County: Sandwell
Electoral Ward/Division: Greets Green and Lyng
Parish: Non Civil Parish
Built-Up Area: West Bromwich
Traditional County: Staffordshire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): West Midlands
Church of England Parish: West Bromwich Good Shepherd with St John
Church of England Diocese: Lichfield
Tagged with: Architectural structure Lock Footbridge
SANDWELL MB BIRMINGHAM CANAL
SP 08 NW
Wolverhampton Level, W.Bromwich
9/37 Top Lock,
Spon Lane Locks, with
30.3.87 attached footbridge
GV II
One of flight of three locks on Wolverhampton Level of Birmingham Canal, with
attached lock bridge. Probably 1790, when Brindley's original flight of six
locks built in 1769 was reduced to the present three; some C20 repairs. Brick,
with sandstone kerbstones partly replaced by concrete. Cast-iron sluice gear.
Upper gate single, lower gate double. Across the lower entrance to the lock
chamber is a footbridge, of cast iron and having brick abutments with sandstone
dressings. The bridge was originally in two halves, with one cantilevered from
each bank, allowing a rope to pass through a central slot. The walkway is now
concreted and the cast-iron railings remain only on the downstream side. The
Old Main Line, on the Wolverhampton Level, was by-passed by Telford's New Main
Line on the Birmingham Level in 1829. (Paget-Tomlinson, E W. "The Complete
Book of Canal and River Navigations", 1978, p 950.
Listing NGR: SP0039089869
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