Bumble Hole Branch Canal
The present day Bumble Hole Branch Canal and Boshboil Branch surround Bumble Hole, a water-filled clay pit, in Bumble Hole and Warren's Hall Nature Reserve, Rowley Regis, West Midlands, England. They formed a looped part of the original Dudley No. 2 Canal until the opening of the Netherton Tunnel in 1858 when the loop was bypassed by a new cut, in line with the new tunnel. 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
[edit]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
[edit]The Bumble Hole railway was used to cross the canal near Windmill End Junction, but was dismantled in 1969.
Canal map
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Features
[edit]| Point | Coordinates (Links to map resources) |
OS Grid Ref | Notes |
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| Netherton Tunnel south portal | 52°29′36″N 2°04′09″W / 52.4933°N 2.0692°W | SO953884 | |
| Cobb's Engine House | 52°29′34″N 2°04′08″W / 52.4929°N 2.0690°W | SO953883 | |
| Windmill End Junction | 52°29′30″N 2°04′13″W / 52.4916°N 2.0702°W | SO952882 | |
| Bumble Hole pool | 52°29′28″N 2°04′24″W / 52.4912°N 2.0732°W | SO950881 | |
| Bumble Hole Branch (junction) | 52°29′24″N 2°04′21″W / 52.4900°N 2.0725°W | SO950880 |
See also
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References
[edit]- ^ "Bumble Hole". Local Nature Reserves. Natural England. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 3 August 2013.
- ^ "Map of Bumble Hole". Local Nature Reserves. Natural England. Retrieved 3 August 2013.
Further reading
[edit]- 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.