Bottom Lock, Spon Lane Locks Birmingham Canal Wolverhampton Level is a Grade II listed building in the Sandwell local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 March 1987. Canal lock. 3 related planning applications.
Bottom Lock, Spon Lane Locks Birmingham Canal Wolverhampton Level
- WRENN ID
- half-pilaster-soot
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Sandwell
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 March 1987
- Type
- Canal lock
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
SANDWELL MB BIRMINGHAM CANAL SO 98 NE Wolverhampton Level, W. Bromwich 8/35 Bottom Lock, Spon Lane Locks 30.3.87 GV II
One of flight of three locks on Wolverhampton Level of Birmingham Canal. Probably 1790, when Brindley's original flight of six locks built in 1769 was reduced to the present three; some C20 repairs. Brick, with sandstone kerbstones partly replaced by concrete. Cast-iron sluice gear. Upper gate single, lower gate double. The Old Main Line, on the Wolverhampton Level, was by-passed by Telford's New Main Line on the Birmingham Level in 1829. (Paget-Tomlinson, E W, "The Complete Book of Canal and River Navigations", 1978, p 95).
Listing NGR: SO9981989910
Detailed Attributes
Matched applications, energy data and sale records are assembled automatically and may contain errors. Flag incorrect data.