plaque № 76600

Bilston, Wolverhampton, England, United Kingdom

Banks Bridge Dudley Street. This bridge crosses the Wednesbury Oak Loop of the Birmingham Canal Navigation which was the original course of the Old Main Line Canal to Birmingham completed by James Brindley in 1772. The Loop was bypassed in 1837 when Cosley Tunnel was built by Thomas Telford and the

only part of the Loop which now survives is "The Bradley Arm"

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