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The present-day '''Bumble Hole Branch Canal''' is the remnant of a looped part of the original [[Dudley Canal|Dudley No. 2 Canal]] in [[Netherton]]. It lies on the border of Dudley's part of [[Worcestershire]] detached in [[Staffordshire]]. It was rendered redundant on the opening of the [[Netherton Tunnel]] in 1858 when the loop was bypassed by a new cut, in line with the new tunnel. The Bumble Hole itself is a water-filled clay pit in the centre of the loop.  Part of the bypassed canal loop, which surrounds Bumble Hole, is now in-filled giving access to the pool of Bumble Hole. An area next to the Bumble Hole and Dudley canals is the Bumble Hole Local Nature Reserve.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lnr.naturalengland.org.uk/Special/lnr/lnr_details.asp?C=0&N=bumble&ID=79 |title= Bumble Hole|series=Local Nature Reserves|publisher=Natural England|accessdate=3 August 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= http://magic.defra.gov.uk/MagicMap.aspx?startTopic=Designations&activelayer=lnrIndex&query=REF_CODE%3D%271008818%27|title=Map of Bumble Hole|series=Local Nature Reserves|publisher=Natural England|accessdate=3 August 2013}}</ref>
[[File:Bumble Hole Mill, Netherton - geograph.org.uk - 1567809.jpg|thumb|300px|Bumble Hole Mill and boat yard]]
The present-day '''Bumble Hole Branch Canal''' is the remnant of a looped part of the original [[Dudley Canal|Dudley No. 2 Canal]] in [[Netherton, Black Country|Netherton]]. It lies on the border of Dudley's part of [[Worcestershire]] detached in [[Staffordshire]]. It was rendered redundant on the opening of the [[Netherton Tunnel]] in 1858 when the loop was bypassed by a new cut, in line with the new tunnel. The Bumble Hole itself is a water-filled clay pit in the centre of the loop.  Part of the bypassed canal loop, which surrounds Bumble Hole, is now in-filled giving access to the pool of Bumble Hole. An area next to the Bumble Hole and Dudley canals is the Bumble Hole Local Nature Reserve.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lnr.naturalengland.org.uk/Special/lnr/lnr_details.asp?C=0&N=bumble&ID=79 |title= Bumble Hole|series=Local Nature Reserves|publisher=Natural England|accessdate=3 August 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= http://magic.defra.gov.uk/MagicMap.aspx?startTopic=Designations&activelayer=lnrIndex&query=REF_CODE%3D%271008818%27|title=Map of Bumble Hole|series=Local Nature Reserves|publisher=Natural England|accessdate=3 August 2013}}</ref>


==Cobb's Engine House==
==Cobb's Engine House==

Latest revision as of 20:16, 29 June 2016

Bumble Hole Mill and boat yard

The present-day Bumble Hole Branch Canal is the remnant of a looped part of the original Dudley No. 2 Canal in Netherton. It lies on the border of Dudley's part of Worcestershire detached in Staffordshire. It was rendered redundant on the opening of the Netherton Tunnel in 1858 when the loop was bypassed by a new cut, in line with the new tunnel. The Bumble Hole itself is a water-filled clay pit in the centre of the loop. Part of the bypassed canal loop, which surrounds Bumble Hole, is now in-filled giving access to the pool of Bumble Hole. An area next to the Bumble Hole and Dudley canals is the Bumble Hole Local Nature Reserve.[1][2]

Cobb's Engine House

Between Windmill End Junction and the tunnel portal stands Cobb's Engine House, built in 1831 to pump water from coal mines into the canal.

Bumble Hole railway

The Bumble Hole railway used to cross the canal near Windmill End Junction, but was dismantled in 1969.

Features

References

  1. ↑ "Bumble Hole". Natural England. http://www.lnr.naturalengland.org.uk/Special/lnr/lnr_details.asp?C=0&N=bumble&ID=79. Retrieved 3 August 2013. 
  2. ↑ "Map of Bumble Hole". Natural England. http://magic.defra.gov.uk/MagicMap.aspx?startTopic=Designations&activelayer=lnrIndex&query=REF_CODE%3D%271008818%27. Retrieved 3 August 2013. 

Further reading

  • Pearson, Michael (1989). Canal Companion - Birmingham Canal Navigations. J. M. Pearson & Associates. ISBN 0-907864-49-X. 
  • Perrott, David; Mosse, Jonathan (2006). Nicholson Waterways Guide 2 - Severn, Avon & Birmingham. Collins. ISBN 978-0-00-721110-4. 
  • Palmer, Marilyn; Neaverson, Peter (1994). Industry in the Landscape, 1700-1900. Routledge. ISBN 0-415-11206-0. 

Outside links

The Birmingham Canal Navigations
Navigable:

BCN Main Line • Birmingham and Fazeley Canal • Bumble Hole Branch Canal • Cannock Extension Canal • Digbeth Branch Canal • Dudley Canal • Engine Arm • Gower Branch Canal • Icknield Port Loop • Netherton Tunnel Branch Canal • Rushall Canal • Soho Loop • Spon Lane Locks Branch • Tame Valley Canal • Titford Canal • Walsall Canal • Wednesbury Oak Loop • Wednesbury Old Canal • Wyrley and Essington Canal

Unnavigable:

Anson Branch • Bentley Canal • Bradley Branch • Lichfield Canal • Ridgacre Branch • Tipton Green and Toll End Canals

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