BROWNHILLS AQUEDUCT 1850 HEW 283 SK053 064 N52o 30' 20" W1o 55' 25.8"
This aqueduct which still carries the Anglesey Branch of the Wyrley and Essington Canal over the now abandoned Walsall- Lichfield RR has a twin nearby, the Birchills/Keamore Aqueduct. They were built by Fosters & Company Engineers of Wednesbury. In spite of encroaching greenery and creative graffiti on the plain tall iron parapets on the canal level, from below the aqueduct retains its 19th century bold iron work supported by abutment towers and a central column of blue Staffordshire brick. There is nice detailing on the outside of the parapets. A screening arch has an XX detail in the spandrels. Stiffening fins along the bottom of the trough are masked by a very shallow arch on the outside panels.
The top of the aqueduct with the canal is to the west of a very busy intersection of A5 (Watling Street) and B5011 (Chase Street) A path from Chase street leads right to it. To see the underside is not easy and one has to slide down a steep incline of brambles and weeds off the side of A5 or walk through the tunnel that took the tracks under the big intersection and wend one's way through the weeds growing in the old track right of way.