Control Freak Traditional Cache
Darlaston-Drifters: Due to GZ being destroyed!!!!!!!!...........
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From Birchills Junction to Walsall Junction the Walsall Branch Canal runs for a little under a mile through 8 locks, all of which are listed structures.
It was opened in 1841 as a link between the Walsall Canal and the Birchills Branch of the Wyrley & Essington Canal. Prior to its construction coal boats arriving from the north had no access to the town other than the long circuitous route via Wolverhampton. The Walsall Branch Canal transcended the slope separating the two older waterways making it possible for coal boats from the Wyrley & Essington Canal to come direct to the coal wharves around Walsall.
Birchills Canal Museum is situated in a Boatman's Mission, one of only two surviving Mission buildings in the Black Country. Built in 1900 by the Seaman's and Boatman's Friend Society, it is Grade II listed. A flagstone in the wall bears the familiar name of Cadbury; the Chocolate making dynasty has a history of philanthropy much of which was directed to boaters and their families. The Mission offered facilities for boatmen waiting to use the locks in an attempt to keep them from frequenting the nearby Navigation Pub. Spiritual guidance and secular training, such as writing, were offered and women were barred from entering to avoid any corrupting influence. The boat horses were housed and fed in the stables to the rear. Next door to the Mission are the lock keeper's cottage and a characteristic BCN octagonal Toll Office dating from around 1841.
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