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Canal Quiz |
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Quiz 8 |
| 1) What year were the Birmingham Canal Navigations commenced in? |
| 1767 with a canal from Wednesbury to Easy Row |
| 2) Which engineer was responsible for the 1820's improvements to the Wolverhampton main line including the spectacular Galton Valley cutting and Bridge? |
| Thomas Telford. |
| 3) The spur of up to 8 million tonnes of traffic a year in its heyday lead to the creation of a number of canals to link the BCN to ports and other industrial centers. Which of these was started in 1792 took 23 years to complete and originally was planned to be a wide canal? |
| Worcester & Birmingham |
| 4) Another linking canal completed in 1800 was originally built as a narrow canal, but was widened in a modern day scheme (although Mr Ainley may well disagree about its current width) which is it? |
| Warwick & Birmingham (now part of the Grand Union) |
| 5) The Caen Hill flight owes its name to the prison laborers used in its construction (or so the guide books say) A river linking to the answer to question 3 by another canal brought about by the growth of the BCN's importance to trade, has in the recent past been restored using convict labor. Which Riverl? |
| River Avon |
| 6) A unique type of stop lock stands at the junction to two of the canals in questions 3 & 5. What type? |
| A guillotine lock |
| 7) The BCN is on a plateau some 475 ft above sea level, where does the water supply come from? |
| Mainly from the Edgbaston reservoir and the Titfield pools. There is also a degree of pumping from old mine workings. |
| 8) Which canal adds around 1½ hours cruising time if used when cruising the Warwickshire ring? |
| Digbeth Branch canal - originally built as a short cut between the Warwick and Birmingham and the Birmingham & Fazeley canals for those traveling from the south to the west. |
| 9) Where in Birmingham will you find a little known but interesting canal museum? |
| Birchills - at the top of the Walsall flight. Opening hours are restricted (phone 0922 645778) but it has interesting displays about working life on the "cut" among other things. |
| 10) The Warehouse built by FMC (Fellows, Morton & Clayton) at Warwick Bar in a last flourish of canal mania in 1935 was eventually sold to another company which is also known for its initials, which? |
| HP sauce - on the road side of the building you can still see the tiled name of FMC (unless the developments in Gas St Basin has seen the buildings demise!) |