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Birmingham Canal Navigations (BCN): Table showing water raised by SSMDC. 1919
Only part of page photographedBirmingham Canal Navigations (BCN): Table showing water raised by SSMDC. 1919
Bittell Upper Reservoir and dam; view to boat house. 02/05/71
Many sailing dinghiesBittell Upper Reservoir and dam; view to boat house. 02/05/71
Bittell Upper Reservoir and dam; view to boat house. 02/05/71
Many sailing dinghiesBittell Upper Reservoir and dam; view to boat house. 02/05/71
Blackbrook access bridge (CF13)
Blackbrook where the canal, with the railway superimposed, crosses the brook of the same name. This is not the canal itself but an access bridge beneath the canal/railway embankment. https://maps.app.goo.gl/aXzHhdtzURgz7zRm6 It is just a few yards east of the aqueduct shown in 046321 (CF1) and 046330 (CF10).Blackbrook access bridge (CF13)
Blackbrook access bridge (CF17)
Blackbrook where the canal, with the railway superimposed, crosses the brook of the same name. This is not the canal itself but an access bridge beneath the canal/railway embankment. https://maps.app.goo.gl/aXzHhdtzURgz7zRm6 It is just a few yards east of the aqueduct shown in 046321 (CF1) and 046330 (CF10).Blackbrook access bridge (CF17)
Boat (on the right) and Butty "Raven" (on the left) waiting for orders at Anderton. 27 October 1956 .
Boat (on the right) and Butty "Raven" (on the left) waiting for orders at Anderton. 27 October 1956 .
Boats at Windsor Quay including two Willow Wren pairs. 28/04/59
"Avocet & Dabchick (Jack Monk) and Redshank & Greenshank (Alec Purcell). Moored below Windsor Bridge with 98½ tons cattle feed from Brentford to Marsh’s Mill, Henley. Also steamer Clivedon. Boats moored at about Grid Ref: SU 9684 7731 [TR-163-500]Boats at Windsor Quay including two Willow Wren pairs. 28/04/59
Boiler for steam launch Dragonfly
Locomotive boiler supplied by Robinson & Auden of Wantage; working pressure 110lb. Image may be reversed.Boiler for steam launch Dragonfly
Bona lighthouse at Lochend, guiding craft from Loch Ness into Caledonian Canal
Bona lighthouse at Lochend, guiding craft from Loch Ness into Caledonian Canal
Braunston boatman's strike. 1923
Fellows Morton & Clayton (FMC) steamer “Speedwell” with motors Penguin Lynx behind. Grid Ref: SP 5389 6588 [GU-070-640]. Picture taken from the bridge over the entrance to the marina.Braunston boatman's strike. 1923
Brecknock and Abergavenny Canal. Llanfoist Parish Road bridge under canal. 25 October 1976.
The tunnel predates Llanfoist Wharf and the tramroad as it is shown on early maps as a parish road. It is therefore contemporary with the canal, this section of which was built between 1809 and 1812.Brecknock and Abergavenny Canal. Llanfoist Parish Road bridge under canal. 25 October 1976.
Bridge of Oich: Suspension bridge (CD16)
Across the River Oich, near Aberchalder. Designed by James Dredge. Opened in 1854; superseded 1932.Bridge of Oich: Suspension bridge (CD16)
Bridgwater Dock
Looking east from then fixed road/rail bridge over Newtown Lock. The cessation of canal traffic had meant that the railway/road bridge over the former Newtown Lock could made a fixed bridge. This was removed in 1981, the lock restored, and a new swing footbridge built.Bridgwater Dock
Bridgwater Dock
Steel lighter tied in dock near rail-mounted steam crane. Lock to Tidal Basin in the background.Bridgwater Dock
Bridgwater Dock - barge lock and tidal basin
The poles to extend the length of the balance beams to make opening the gates easier.Bridgwater Dock - barge lock and tidal basin
Bridgwater Dock - tidal basin
Canal and dock office. On the right is the barge lock from the river. The gate on the left is for ships but requires the draining of the whole tidal basin.Bridgwater Dock - tidal basin
Bridgwater Dock - tidal basin.
Sluices used as aid to dredging dock by flushing silt out of basin into river.Bridgwater Dock - tidal basin.
Bridgwater, Dock - tidal basin
Looking west towards bascule bridge and dock entrance lock.Bridgwater, Dock - tidal basin
Brinklow. Remains of the FMC steamer The Earl. 1962.
Sunk in the Brinklow Arm which was closed to traffic by this time (Probably at a wide point near the wharf). Grid Ref: SP 4395 7982 [OX012-990/OXh-001-370]Brinklow. Remains of the FMC steamer The Earl. 1962.
British Waterways motor boat Renfrew
Passing through Welton Wharf Bridge (No.6) since replaced. Grid Ref: SP 5786 6507 [GU-075-050]British Waterways motor boat Renfrew
