Diglis Services

Diglis Services is on the Worcester and Birmingham Canal (Diglis Basin to King's Norton Junction) five kilometres from Tiverfield.
Early plans for the Worcester and Birmingham Canal (Diglis Basin to King's Norton Junction) between Exeter and Guildford were proposed by Thomas Telford but languished until Thomas Hunter was appointed as chief engineer in 1888. Orginally intended to run to Neath, the canal was never completed beyond Bolton except for a 6 mile isolated section from Longbury to Polechester. Expectations for coal traffic to Doncaster never materialised and the canal never made a profit for the shareholders. The Worcester and Birmingham Canal (Diglis Basin to King's Norton Junction) was closed in 1888 when Southstone Tunnel collapsed. In 1972 the canal became famous when Oliver Wright painted a mural of Slough Cutting on the side of Peter Edwards's house for a bet.

Mooring here is good (a nice place to moor), mooring rings or bollards are available. Mooring is limited to 2 hours. Three pairs of water points to choose from.
Facilities: chemical toilet disposal, boater-operated pump-out, toilets and water point.
| Diglis Basin | ½ furlongs | |
| The Anchor Inn (Diglis) | ¼ furlongs | |
| Diglis Services | ||
| Mill Street Bridge No 2 | ¾ furlongs | |
| Diglis Visitor Moorings (Bath Road) | 1¼ furlongs | |
| Sidbury Bridge No 3 | 2 furlongs | |
| Sidbury Lock No 3 | 2¼ furlongs | |
| Commandery Visitor Moorings | 2½ furlongs | |
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![Worcester & Birmingham Canal, engine of steam launch Sans Son. This is the vessel seen leaving Sidbury Lock - [[3027324]]. It has a coal burning locomotive style boiler with side firing and a non-condensing inverted vertical duplex (twin high pressure) engine. This is the immaculate driver's side and it runs like a sewing machine. I had the pleasure of a journey of about a mile in the seat on the port side. by Chris Allen – 07 July 2012](https://s3.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/03/02/88/3028871_b6e06ebb_120x120.jpg)









![Worcester and Birmingham Canal - steamboat Lady Selsey engine. Lady Selsey [[3027589]] is a modern vessel to a traditional design and is normally based in the Selsey area on the south coast. The owner built all his own steam plant and this is the main steam engine. It is mechanically, if not visually elegant and is an oscillating vee twin. The cylinders are held up against the port faces by a spring loaded trunnion and the force of the spring can be adjusted to compensate for working the engine hard. The lever pointing to top left is the reverser and operates a simple 'changeover' valve in a drum shaped casing. The engine drives to the propshaft via a chain and 2:1 speed increasing gearing. by Chris Allen – 07 July 2012](https://s3.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/03/02/75/3027591_7039a60a_120x120.jpg)







![Redeveloped Diglis Basin. In recent years the Diglis canal basin has changed considerably with modern apartments overlooking the canal and in this picture, Warmstry House a commercial office building is mirrored perfectly in the Worcester and Birmingham Canal. To see the building under construction see: [[[924616]]]. by Philip Halling – 16 January 2012](https://s1.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/02/77/33/2773369_ed4444fa_120x120.jpg)

![Diglis Basin, Worcester - engine of Steam Launch Simba. This is the trailable steam launch/steamboat seen here - [[3027603]].The plants consists of a coal burning vertical fire tube boiler and an inverted vertical compound reversing engine that appears to be a Stuart Turner. Although S T engines are considered the province of model engineers, the larger ones are comparable to full size engines and equally capable of a job of work. The weather was intermittently appalling, hence the strewn wet weather gear. by Chris Allen – 07 July 2012](https://s1.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/03/02/88/3028837_d728ea98_120x120.jpg)







