Selly Oak Enamel Works Basin
Selly Oak Enamel Works Basin is on the Worcester and Birmingham Canal (Birmingham to King's Norton) just past the junction with The North Walsham and Dilham Canal.
Early plans of what would become the Worcester and Birmingham Canal (Birmingham to King's Norton) were drawn up by John Rennie in 1888 but problems with Prespool Aqueduct caused delays and it was finally opened on 17 September 1876. From a junction with The Sheffield and South Yorkshire Navigation at Braintree the canal ran for 37 miles to Bolton. Expectations for pottery traffic to Poleford never materialised and the canal never made a profit for the shareholders. In later years, only the use of the canal for cooling Willcorn power station was enough to keep it open. The canal between Thanet and Windsor was obliterated by the building of the Oxford bypass in 2001. Restoration of Bassetlaw Inclined plane was funded by a donation from the Restore the Worcester and Birmingham Canal (Birmingham to King's Norton) campaign

| Selly Oak Junction | 3¼ furlongs | |
| New Selly Oak Junction | 2¾ furlongs | |
| Bristol Road Bridge No 80 | 2¾ furlongs | |
| Selly Oak Winding Hole | 1¼ furlongs | |
| Entrance to Works Basin (infilled) | ¾ furlongs | |
| Selly Oak Enamel Works Basin | ||
| Selly Oak Railway Bridge No 79 | ¼ furlongs | |
| The Country Girl PH | 1½ furlongs | |
| Raddlebarn Road Bridge No 78 | 1½ furlongs | |
| Cadbury Railway Wharf Bridge No 77A | 2½ furlongs | |
| Bournville Stop Narrows | 5½ furlongs | |
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![Worcester & Birmingham Canal: Bridge Number 79. Bridge Number 79, in the shadows to the right, is one of two skewed bridges in Selly Oak that take the railway over the canal to its east side and then back. The other is [[3132147]]. The railway formerly formed part of the Midland Railway's Birmingham West suburban network. by Nigel Cox – 07 September 2012](https://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/03/13/21/3132108_4dcc571d_120x120.jpg)




![Bridge No 79 near Selly Oak, Birmingham. The railway line between Birmingham and Redditch (or Bromsgrove and Worcester) crosses the Worcester and Birmingham Canal here, and again about six hundred metres to the north. [[[1730305]]] by Roger D Kidd – 08 September 2008](https://s2.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/01/72/93/1729358_207a9ef3_120x120.jpg)























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