Engine Arm Aqueduct

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.

Photo: Tony Hisgett, CC BY 2.0.

Type: Bridge
Description: Grade II* listed canal aqueduct in Warley, West Midlands, United Kingdom
Also known as: “Engine Arm Aqueduct, Warley” and “Telford Aqueduct”

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 4,100 feet north of Engine Arm Aqueduct.

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 1,100 feet southwest of Engine Arm Aqueduct.

Engine Arm

Canal

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. Engine Arm is situated 1,100 feet east of Engine Arm Aqueduct.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Smethwick and Cape Hill.

Smethwick

Town

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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.

Londonderry

Neighborhood

Photo: David Stowell, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Londonderry is a residential area of Oldbury and Smethwick, on the B4182 road, in the Sandwell Metropolitan Borough, in the English county of West Midlands.

Engine Arm Aqueduct

Categories: navigable aqueduct and transportation
Location: Sandwell, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

52.49793° or 52° 29′ 53″ north

Longitude

-1.96647° or 1° 57′ 59″ west

Open location code

9C4WF2XM+5C

OpenStreetMap ID

way 655257477

OpenStreetMap feature

man_made=bridge

Wikidata ID

Q5377671

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In Other Languages

From Czech to French—“Engine Arm Aqueduct” goes by many names.

Czech: “Akvadukt Engine Arm”
French: “aqueduc du bras du moteur”
French: “Aqueduc du bras du moteur”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Black Country Millennium Forest and Smethwick Rolfe Street.

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