Engine Arm
The Engine Arm or Birmingham Feeder Arm near Smethwick, West Midlands, England, is a short canal which was originally part of a feeder tunnel for a pumping engine.- Type: Canal
- Description: canal in West Midlands, United Kingdom
- Also known as: “BCN Engine Arm”, “Birmingham Canal Navigations Engine Arm”, “Birmingham Feeder Arm”, and “Engine Arm Canal”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include The Hawthorns and Smethwick Rolfe Street railway station.
The Hawthorns
Stadium
Photo: Mattd1991, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Hawthorns is an all-seater football stadium in West Bromwich, in the Black Country borough of Sandwell, West Midlands, England, with a capacity of 27,087. The Hawthorns is situated 4,200 feet north of Engine Arm.
Smethwick Rolfe Street railway station
Railway station
Photo: David Stowell, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Smethwick Rolfe Street is one of two railway stations serving the town of Smethwick, West Midlands, England. It is situated on the Rugby–Birmingham–Stafford line 3¼ miles north west of Birmingham New Street. Smethwick Rolfe Street railway station is situated 1,800 feet west of Engine Arm.
Engine Arm Aqueduct
Bridge
Photo: Tony Hisgett, CC BY 2.0.
The Engine Arm Aqueduct is a canal aqueduct at Smethwick, in the West Midlands of England. It was built in 1829 by Thomas Telford to carry a water feeder, the Engine Arm, over the New Main Line of the Birmingham Canal Navigations. Engine Arm Aqueduct is situated 1,100 feet west of Engine Arm.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Smethwick and Cape Hill.
Smethwick
Town
Photo: Row17, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Smethwick is an industrial town in the Sandwell district, in the county of the West Midlands, England. It lies 4 miles west of Birmingham city centre. Historically it was in Staffordshire and then Worcestershire before being placed into West Midlands county.
Cape Hill
Town
Cape Hill is an area of Smethwick, in the Metropolitan Borough of Sandwell, West Midlands, England, 2+3⁄4 miles west of Birmingham City Centre. The area includes Waterloo Road near Shireland Collegiate Academy and the High Street near Victoria Park; it borders Birmingham at the A457 Dudley Road.
Winson Green
Suburb
Winson Green is a loosely defined inner-city area in the west of the city of Birmingham, England. It is part of the ward of Soho. It is the location of HM Prison Birmingham and of City Hospital as well as of the former All Saints' Hospital.
Engine Arm
- Category: body of water
- Location: Warwick District, Warwickshire, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
52.49755° or 52° 29′ 51″ northLongitude
-1.96168° or 1° 57′ 42″ westElevation
472 feet (144 metres)Inception
1790Open location code
9C4WF2XQ+28OpenStreetMap ID
way 245203790OpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterOpenStreetMap feature
water=canalWikidata ID
Q5377670
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Egyptian Arabic to French—“Engine Arm” goes by many names.
- Egyptian Arabic: “ذراع المحرك”
- French: “bras moteur”
- French: “Bras moteur”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Smethwick Pumping Station and Engine Bridge.
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