Wyrley and Essington Canal

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canal inland waterway

The Wyrley and Essington Canal is an historic inland waterway in the West Midlands of England, forming part of the Birmingham Canal Navigations and serving former industrial towns such as Walsall.

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All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Wyrley and Essington Canal canonical 3

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf canal ⓘ
inland waterway ⓘ
connectsTo Birmingham Canal Navigations Main Line NERFINISHED ⓘ
Cannock Extension Canal NERFINISHED ⓘ
Daw End Branch NERFINISHED ⓘ
Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal NERFINISHED ⓘ
Walsall Canal NERFINISHED ⓘ
constructionBegan 1792 ⓘ
country England ⓘ
engineeredFor contour canal construction ⓘ
era Industrial Revolution NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Curly Wyrley NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasBranch Bentley Canal (historical) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lord Hay’s Branch NERFINISHED ⓘ
Short Heath Branch (historical) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Walsall Wood Branch NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasFeature lock-free main line ⓘ
numerous branches ⓘ
towpath along most of its length ⓘ
hasHeritageStatus historic canal ⓘ
historicalUse brick and limestone transport ⓘ
coal transport ⓘ
iron industry supply ⓘ
locatedIn West Midlands NERFINISHED ⓘ
managedBy Canal & River Trust NERFINISHED ⓘ
opened 1797 ⓘ
partOf Birmingham Canal Navigations NERFINISHED ⓘ
passesThrough Bloxwich NERFINISHED ⓘ
Brownhills NERFINISHED ⓘ
Pelsall NERFINISHED ⓘ
Walsall NERFINISHED ⓘ
Wolverhampton NERFINISHED ⓘ
primaryUse angling ⓘ
industrial transport (historical) ⓘ
leisure boating ⓘ
walking and cycling ⓘ
region Black Country NERFINISHED ⓘ
serves Bloxwich NERFINISHED ⓘ
Brownhills NERFINISHED ⓘ
Essington NERFINISHED ⓘ
Pelsall NERFINISHED ⓘ
Walsall NERFINISHED ⓘ
Wolverhampton NERFINISHED ⓘ
Wyrley NERFINISHED ⓘ
status navigable ⓘ
usedFor urban regeneration projects ⓘ
wildlife habitat and nature conservation ⓘ
waterwaySystem Birmingham Canal Navigations NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Walsall → hasCanal → Wyrley and Essington Canal ⓘ
Birmingham Canal Navigations → hasPart → Wyrley and Essington Canal ⓘ
Birmingham and Fazeley Canal → connectsWith → Wyrley and Essington Canal ⓘ