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nl Birmingham-Fazeleykanaal   33 km lang kanaal in het systeem van de Birmingham Canal Navigations (BCN) in de Engelse West-Midlands. Het kanaal met 36 sluizen werd in de jaren 1784-1789 ingericht om Birmingham aan het Coventrykanaal en op die manier via het Oxfordkanaal Birmingham met London te verbinden. Het kanaal loopt vanuit Oozells Loop ofwel Old Turn Junction in het centrum van Birmingham, waar de BCN Main Line en het Worcester-en-Birminghamkanaal aansluit, tot Fazeley Junction buiten Tamworth, en het Coventrykanaal. Het omvat de
B&FC-Main Line: een 24 km lang narrow canal met 38 sluizen voor afmetingen tot 21,9m x 2,13m. Het kanaal loopt van de Farmer's Bridge Junction in de stad Birmingham en de inmonding van de BCN Newhall Branch naar Fazeley Junction, waar het in het Coventrykanaal uitmondt. Een tweede route leidt door het
B&FC-along route of Coventry Canal: een 8,8 km lang narrow canal zonder sluizen, die van Fazeley Junction naar Whittington Brook en de inmonding in het Coventry Canal - Detached Portion loopt.
B&FC-Digbeth Branch: een 2,3 km lang narrow canal, dat als zijkanaal bij Aston Junction van het B&FC-Main Line afgaat. Het kanaal heeft 6 sluizen en eindigt in het Bordesley Basin. Bij Aston Junction bestaat een aansluiting aan het Grand Union Canal (Main Line).
Birmingham and Fazeley Canal - Google Earth
de Birmingham-Fazeley-Kanal 33 km langer Kanal im Netz der Birmingham Canal Navigations (BCN) in den englischen West-Midlands. Der Kanal mit 36 Schleusen, davon einige Koppelschleusen, entstand 1784-89, um Birmingham mit dem Coventry-Kanal und auf diese Weise Birmingham mit London über den Oxford-Kanal zu verbinden. Der Kanal beginnt beim Oozells Loop (Old Turn Junction) im Zentrum von Birmingham, wo die BCN Main Line und der Worcester and Birmingham Canal anschließen; er endet bei der Fazeley Junction außerhalb Tamworth, wo er auf den Coventry-Kanal stößt. Der Kanal umfaßt
B&FC-Main Line: ein 24 km langer narrow canal mit 38 Schleusen für Fahrzeuge bis 21,9m x 2,13m. Er beginnt in Birmingham bei der Farmer's Bridge Junction und der Einmüdung der BCN Newhall Branch und mündet bei der Fazeley Junction in den Coventry-Kanal ein. Hier beginnt auch der
B&FC-along route of Coventry Canal: 8,8 km langer narrow canal ohne Schleusen, der von Fazeley Junction nach Whittington Brook (Einmündung in den Coventry-Kanal Detached Portion) führt.
B&FC-Digbeth Branch: 2,3 km langer narrow canal, der als Stichkanal bei Aston Junction vom B&FC-Main Line abzweigt und nach 6 Schleusen im Bordesley Basin endet. Etwa auf halber Strecke besteht bei Bordesley Junction Anschluß an den Grand Union Canal (Main Line).
en Birmingham and Fazeley Canal The Birmingham and Fazeley Canal is part of the Birmingham Canal Navigations (BCN) and is made up of the BCN Birmingham and Fazeley Canal - Main Line, the BCN Birmingham and Fazeley Canal - along route of Coventry Canal and the BCN Birmingham and Fazeley Canal - Digbeth Branch in the West Midlands of England. Its purpose was to provide a link between the Coventry Canal and Birmingham and thereby connect Birmingham to London via the Oxford Canal. The Canal is 20.5 miles long with 36 locks, some of them flights of locks. The canal runs from Oozells Loop (Old Turn Junction) in the center of Birmingham where it connects to the BCN Main Line and the Worcester and Birmingham Canal, to Fazeley Junction outside Tamworth, where it connects to the Coventry Canal.
The B&F Canal consists of
B&FC Main Line: a narrow canal that runs for 15 miles through 38 locks from Fazeley Junction (where it joins the Coventry Canal (Main Line - Hawkesbury to Fazeley) and the B&FC - along route of Coventry Canal) to Farmer's Bridge Junction (where it joins the BCN - Newhall Branch).
B&FC - along route of Coventry Canal: a narrow canal that runs for 5.5 miles from Fazeley Junction (where it joins the Coventry Canal (Main Line - Hawkesbury to Fazeley) and the B&FC - Main Line) to Whittington Brook (where it joins the Coventry Canal (Detached Portion)).
B&FC - Digbeth Branch: a narrow canal that runs for 1.4 miles through 6 locks from Aston Junction (where it joins the B&FC - Main Line) to Bordesley Basin (which is a dead end).
fr Canal de Birmingham à Fazeley  
lock
no
name
mile(s)
from <> to
max. length x beam ft (m)
branches
  Main Line
15
Farmer's Bridge Junction (Birmingham)
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Fazeley Junction
BCN Newhall Branch
B&FC - Digbeth Branch
BCN Tame Valley Canal
B&FC - along route of Coventry Canal
Coventry Canal
     
72 x 7 (21,9 x 2,13)
 
  Farmer's Bridge Junction
0.0
  BCN Newhall Branch
1
Farmer's Bridge Top Lock
0.1
2
Farmer's Bridge Lock #2
   
3
Farmer's Bridge Lock #3
   
4
Farmer's Bridge Lock #4
   
5
Farmer's Bridge Lock #5
   
6
Farmer's Bridge Lock #6
   
7
Farmer's Bridge Lock #7
   
8
Farmer's Bridge Lock #8
   
9
Farmer's Bridge Lock #9
   
10
Farmer's Bridge Lock #10
   
11
Farmer's Bridge Lock #11
   
12
Farmer's Bridge Lock #12
   
13
Farmer's Bridge Bottom Lock
1.0
   
  Aston Junction
1.5
  B&FC - Digbeth Branch
14
Aston Top Lock
1.5
   
15
Aston Lock #2
   
16
Aston Lock #3
   
17
Aston Lock #4
   
18
Aston Lock #5
   
19
Aston Lock #6      
20
Aston Lock #7      
21
Aston Lock #8      
22
Aston Lock #9      
23
Aston Lock #10      
24
Aston Bottom Lock
2.5
   
  Salford Junction
3.3
  BCN Tame Valley Canal
25
Minworth Top Lock
6.3
   
26
Minworth Middle Lock
6.6
   
27
Minworth Bottom Lock
7.1
   
28
Curdworth Top Lock
9.5
   
29
Curdworth Lock #2
10.0
   
30
Curdworth Lock #3
   
31
Curdworth Lock #4
   
32
Curdworth Lock #5
10.1
   
33
Curdworth Lock #6
10.3
   
34
Curdworth Lock #7
10.6
   
35
Curdworth Lock #8
11.1
   
36
Curdworth Lock #9
11.3
   
37
Curdworth Lock #10
11.8
   
38
Curdworth Bottom Lock
12.1
   
Fazeley Junction
15.0
  Coventry Canal
         
  along route of Coventry Canal
5.5
Fazeley Junction
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Whittington Brook
B&FC - Main Line
Coventry Canal - Main Line
Conventy Canal - Detached Portion
     
72 x 7 (21,9 x 2,13)
 
  Fazeley Junction
0.0
  B&FC - Main Line
Coventry Canal - Main Line
  Whittington Brook
5.5
  Coventry Canal - Detached Portion
         
  Digbeth Branch
1.4
Aston Junction
<>
Bordesley Basin
B&FC - Main Line
      72 x 7 (21,9 x 2,13)  
  Aston Junction
0.0
  B&FC - Main Line
1
Ashstead Top Lock
0.3
   
2
Ashstead Lock #2
   
3
Ashstead Lock #3
   
4
Ashstead Lock #4
   
5
Ashstead Lock #5
   
6
Ashstead Bottom Lock
0.6
   
  Bordesley Junction
0.8
  Grand Union Canal - Main Line
  Bordesley Basin
1.4
   
         
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