Grand Union Canal Aqueduct Over River Tame, Just South of Salford Junction is a Grade II listed building in the Birmingham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 July 1982. A C19 Aqueduct.

Grand Union Canal Aqueduct Over River Tame, Just South of Salford Junction

WRENN ID
shadowed-oriel-azure
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Birmingham
Constituency
Birmingham Ladywood MP: Shabana Mahmood (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
8 July 1982
Type
Aqueduct
Address
Grand Union Canal Aqueduct Over River Tame, Just South of Salford Junction, Tyburn Road B24
OS grid reference
SP 096 900
Coordinates
52.50785, -1.85867
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Grand Union Canal Aqueduct over the River Tame, located just south of Salford Junction, was constructed in the early 1840s, with this section of the Birmingham and Warwick junction opening in 1844. It is a brick-built aqueduct featuring three low elliptical stone voussoir arches. The structure has a deep roll-moulded ashlar string and saddleback parapet coping, which is broken forward over flat buttress piers with battered sides.

Local climate

Grand Union Canal Aqueduct Over River Tame, Just South of Salford Junction receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 60% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 76% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 75% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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