Bottom Lock and Attached Cantilever Footbridge, Factory Locks (Approximately 50 Meters North of Furnace Parade) Birmingham Canal Birmingham Level
BOTTOM LOCK AND ATTACHED CANTILEVER FOOTBRIDGE, FACTORY LOCKS (APPROXIMATELY 50 METERS NORTH OF FURNACE PARADE) BIRMINGHAM CANAL BIRMINGHAM LEVEL
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1342644
- Date first listed:
- 29-Sept-1987
- List Entry Name:
- Bottom Lock and Attached Cantilever Footbridge, Factory Locks (Approximately 50 Meters North of Furnace Parade) Birmingham Canal Birmingham Level
- Statutory Address:
- BOTTOM LOCK AND ATTACHED CANTILEVER FOOTBRIDGE, FACTORY LOCKS (APPROXIMATELY 50 METERS NORTH OF FURNACE PARADE) BIRMINGHAM CANAL BIRMINGHAM LEVEL
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1342644
- Date first listed:
- 29-Sept-1987
- List Entry Name:
- Bottom Lock and Attached Cantilever Footbridge, Factory Locks (Approximately 50 Meters North of Furnace Parade) Birmingham Canal Birmingham Level
- Statutory Address 1:
- BOTTOM LOCK AND ATTACHED CANTILEVER FOOTBRIDGE, FACTORY LOCKS (APPROXIMATELY 50 METERS NORTH OF FURNACE PARADE) BIRMINGHAM CANAL BIRMINGHAM LEVEL
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For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- BOTTOM LOCK AND ATTACHED CANTILEVER FOOTBRIDGE, FACTORY LOCKS (APPROXIMATELY 50 METERS NORTH OF FURNACE PARADE) BIRMINGHAM CANAL BIRMINGHAM LEVEL
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Sandwell (Metropolitan Authority)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- SO 95291 92622
Details
SANDWELL MB BIRMINGHAM CANAL SO 99 SE Birmingham Level, Tipton 4/6 Bottom lock and attached cantilever footbridge, Factory Locks (approx 50m north of Furnace Parade)
GV II
One of flight of three locks and attached footbridge. Circa 1829. Engineer Thomas Telford. Brick with sandstone kerbs to lock chambers, now partly replaced by concrete. Cast-iron sluice gear at upper side. Single gates. Across the lower end of the lock chamber is a cast-iron footbridge cantilevered from the southern bank, so allowing a tow rope to pass through the gap between it and the northern bank. The sides are each cast in one piece, with a handrail curving up from a flat deck, and are pierced to form a cross-braced pattern. This flight of locks raises Telford's New Main Line, on the Birmingham Level, up to the 473 feet Wolverhampton Level.
Listing NGR: SO9529192622
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 219205
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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