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Guru Nanak Gurdwara Smethwick
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Guru Nanak Gurdwara Smethwick
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New Smethwick pumping station (B&W Vingetted)
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New Smethwick pumping station between the New (left, lower, built 1827) and old (right, higher, built 1769) canal main lines
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Built 1892 to pump water from the lower new main line to the upper old main line
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The chimney of the New Smethwick pumping station
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New Smethwick pumping station stairs down to the new canal on the Wolverhampton level at 473 feet (144 m) O.D. from the Old main line, Smethwick Summit at 491 feet (150 m) O.D.
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James Brindley's original summit level, old main line canal at 491feet (150m) O.D.
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Not much traffic, only ducks these days
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Looking East at Brasshouse La br and the New Smethwick pumping stationon the old main line
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Summit tunnel on the BCN old main line
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Summit tunnel, East Portal looking through
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Summit tunnel, East Portal with info
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Looking W from inside the summit tunnel on the old main line BCN through the bridge leading to Galton bridge
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Looking back east through the summit tunnel
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Bridge carrying rail to Galton Br station (to the S, left)
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Looking back East at the bridge N of the Galton bridge and the summit tunnel beyond
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modern industry replaces old industry
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What once stood here
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The site of a set of coal chutes from a mine stood atop that wall
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The M5, old and new collide
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The new transport reflected in the old
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The M5, reflected.
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The M5 completely covers the motorway of the day, the BCN old main line
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The canal was cut across the Birmingham plateau 200m or so up, to join up coalfields
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The canal snakes back and forth, invisible under the M5
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An old canal bridge and towering above the M5 viaduct
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Looking back East at the M5 Viaduct
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Looking West at the M5 viaduct
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The past is almost swallowed up
