Soho Loop (BCN)
The Soho Loop is one of the remaining loops of Brindley's Old Main Line.
James Brindley’s original 1769 canal was a "contour canal" which looped around the contours to avoid gradients.
in 1824 Thomas Telford drew up plans to straighten the canal using aqueducts across valleys and cuttings through higher land. It also had towpaths on both sides so that the boatmen did not have to carry out complicated manoeuvres with their towropes every time they met a boat travelling in the opposite direction.
The new Birmingham Main Line opened in 1829 and was 5 miles and 5 hours shorter than the original route.
James Brindley’s original 1769 canal was a "contour canal" which looped around the contours to avoid gradients.
in 1824 Thomas Telford drew up plans to straighten the canal using aqueducts across valleys and cuttings through higher land. It also had towpaths on both sides so that the boatmen did not have to carry out complicated manoeuvres with their towropes every time they met a boat travelling in the opposite direction.
The new Birmingham Main Line opened in 1829 and was 5 miles and 5 hours shorter than the original route.
Soho Loop (BCN), related objects
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soho_Loop
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 52°29'29"N 1°56'2"W
- City Hospital 0.3 km
- Soho Loop 0.4 km
- Summerfield Park 1 km
- Handsworth 1.9 km
- Victoria Park 2 km
- Middlemore Industrial Estate 2.4 km
- Ladywood 2.5 km
- Perry Barr 4.4 km
- Edgbaston 5 km
- Sandwell 5.6 km
- Birmingham Canal Navigations Main Line 0.5 km
- Icknield Port Loop (BCN) 1.2 km
- Engine Arm (BCN) 2.1 km
- Birmingham Level (New) Main Line (BCN) 6.1 km
- Wolverhampton Level (Old) Main Line (BCN) 6.2 km
- Birmingham and Fazeley Canal 11 km
- Birmingham Canal Navigations (Main Line) 15 km
- Wyrley and Essington Canal 15 km
- Cannock Extension Canal 18 km
- Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal 19 km