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The Pump House on the Titford Canal viewed from the stub of the Tat Bank Branch
©Bill Payer
The disused branch line to Oldbury Town Station crosses the canal.
©John M
Dist:0.1km<br/>I'm pretty sure I've nailed the location with the satellite. There used to be 4 tall silos clearly visible from the M5. There are only two here and now there are none. Coming south I always used to feel I was really near home when I saw these just after Chance's glassworks.
©Chris Allen
Dist:0.2km<br/>The Titford Canal is the highest part of the Birmingham Canal Navigations and consequently suffered the problem of poor water supply. This pump house was built to help to alleviate the problem. It is now the headquarters of the Birmingham Canal Navigations Society. For comprehensive details, see http://www.bcn-society.co.uk/pumphousehq.php
©Alan Murray-Rust
Dist:0.2km<br/>These maltings were formerly owned by the Wolverhampton and Dudley Brewery. The canal is a relative backwater which is probably only visited by hardened canal enthusiasts.
©Alan Murray-Rust
Dist:0.2km<br/>The Titford Locks were built in 1837 provide a navigable link between the Birmingham Canal Old Main Line and the Titford Pools. The Engine House pumps water from the lower level to replenish the 511 foot summit level.
©John M
Dist:0.2km<br/>The maltings were built in the 1870-1890s for the nearby Showell's Crosswell Brewery. They were taken over by Wolverhampton & Dudley Breweries in 1944 and continued in use until 2007. The site was bought in 2008 by D & S Enterprises for £1M and may be converted to flats and offices. The malting operated on the floor malting process with a staff of eleven maltsters and two foremen working seven days a week. A 12" layer of barley was allowed to germinate for a period of around one week and was turned with rakes to dissipate the heat generated. Once the maltster decided that germination had progressed to the right stage the process was stopped by passing through a kiln. The process required hard manual labour.
©John M
Dist:0.2km<br/>Two conjoined beam engine houses and lean to boiler house. Photographed before restoration.
©Chris Allen
Dist:0.2km<br/>The Engine House pumped water from the lower Birmingham Canal(Old Main Line) to the summit level at 511 feet.
©John M
Dist:0.2km<br/>From the canal side.
©Chris Allen
Dist:0.2km<br/>Local landmark, clearly visible from the trains near Langley Green station
©Tim Lloydlangston
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©Row17
Dist:0.2km<br/>The Titford Canal is the highest part of the Birmingham Canal Navigations and consequently suffered the problem of poor water supply. This pump house was built to help to alleviate the problem. It is now the headquarters of the Birmingham Canal Navigations Society. For comprehensive details, see http://www.bcn-society.co.uk/pumphousehq.php
©Alan Murray-Rust
Dist:0.2km<br/>I believe these are closed and facing an uncertain future.
©Chris Allen
Dist:0.2km<br/>Original station buildings from train waiting to go south to Stourbridge Junction. Signalbox under footbridge is close to end of platform. Beyond the signalbox was once a short branch line under Western Road to Oldbury town.
©Michael Westley

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