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<\/a>A more modern view of the toxic trail between the chemical arm and Rattlechain lagoon, via the Gower branch.<\/p><\/div>\n
Specifically I obtained maps of the majority of the journey of the toxic trail between Albright and Wilson’s Chemical arm and Rattlechain- the end point of their waste tipping operations. In this post I have attempted to put these maps together for the first time to show this route. The only one that I am missing appears to be sheet 26 between The Gower Branch junction and Rattlechain, which can be viewed on a more modern map HERE<\/a>. Click on each picture below to trace the journey and zoom in on the info recorded.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/a> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 From Bottom right to left, then top right to left<\/p>\n Entrance from Houghton chemical arm going left onto Birmingham Old mainline canal. sheet no 50<\/a><\/p>\n Continuation towards Oldbury under Seven Stars Road the entrance to the filled in Churchbridge branch and associated basins up to Highbridge at Furnace Street\/ now in the Rounds Green Road area.Sheet no 49\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n Sheet 48 <\/a>shows the rest of the Oldbury loop, not taken by the Matty boats.<\/p>\n Continuation of old mainline canal, showing several pieces of land were subsequently bought by Accles and Pollocks. Also showing a part of the filled in Oldbury loop\u00a0 and The Oldbury brickworks.Sheet 47<\/a><\/p>\n Continuation of canal through Brades Bridge area towards Gower Branch. Sheet 46<\/a><\/p>\n Gower basin and entrance to the Gower Branch. Also shows Brades Hall colliery, the boiler works and the Hange Furnaces and associated basins further on. Sheet 45<\/a><\/p>\n Gower branch\/Monks Tip to the junction of mainline canal. Sheet ?<\/a><\/p>\n RATTLECHAIN Brickworks\/lagoon area<\/span><\/strong>.\u00a0Sheet\u00a0 25<\/a><\/p>\n Final destination!<\/p><\/div>\n Netherton Branch\/Stour Valley brickworks area . Sheet 24<\/a><\/p>\n When one considers that British waterways and Alfred Matty’s used the lagoon for a dredging tip from the BCN network <\/a>and all of the industries that are shown along this network, as well as the white phosphorus of Albright and Wilson that would have polluted this canal, one can perhaps appreciate that this truly was a toxic trail with a poison apple at the end of it.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Some time ago I put in some freedom of information requests to the former British Waterways, now The Canal and Rivers Trust, and in some of these responses came upon a collection of historic deed maps that they held. These … Continue reading <\/a><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0missing sheet\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/a>
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