Grid reference SO9592
near to Tipton, Sandwell, England
Coverage
We have
223 images
in grid square SO9592
Contribute
Explore gridsquare SO9592
Surrounding area
Maps
TIP: Click the map for more Large scale mapping
Tip: Click the map to open the coverage map
A sample of 12 photos from 223
for SO9592
- View this square in the Browser >>>
|
Factory Road middle lock
by Richard Law
Built around 1829 by Thomas Telford as one of three to raise the Birmingham Main Line canal up to the Wolverhampton Level. It was Grade II listed... (more)
|
|
Birmingham Canal Navigations (Old Main Line) in Tipton
by Mat Fascione
|
|
The Waggon and Horses
by Mike Parker
The Dudley Road pub closed a while back, and doesn't appear likely to reopen.
|
|
Wood Street Footbridge, New Main Line Canal
by Ian S
|
|
Factory Top Lock and boat gauging house.
by Chris Allen
On the Birmingham Canal Navigations (Main Line) at Tipton. The gauging house was built in 1873 for the dry gauging of boats and is now Listed Grade II although no longer in use with the docks infilled and internal machinery removed. The Top... (more)
|
|
Typical Tipton housing |
|
Flats on Sedgley Road West, Tipton
by JThomas
|
|
Canalside Park
by John M
The statue is of local hero William Perry the Tipton Slasher.
The following history is given on a plaque on the adjacent Fountain Inn.
"Back in the 'Old Days' when all contests were fought barefist and often in the open... (more)
|
|
Plaque on 'Tipton Slasher' statue
by Graham Flint
|
|
Owen Street Bridge, BCN Old Main Line
This is the last bridge over the Old Main Line before it meets the new line at Factory Junction.
|
|
Owen Street Relief Road - Box Jack 11-45am
by John M
At Easter a 6500 tonne underpass is being jacked under the West Coast Main Line requiring a four day closure of the railway. The box was cast on site adjacent to the railway and will be pushed into place by hydraulic rams at a rate of 2.5... (more)
|
|
Lineside sculpture, Tipton
Black horse silhouette sculptures like this occur at various points beside the railway line between Birmingham and Wolverhampton. Confusingly, at this point there are sometimes also real horses grazing. They appeared during the 1980s as... (more)
|
Explore more images in this square: | View Filtering options | View all 223 images page by page >>> |
|
