TAME VALLEY AQUEDUCT 1844 Sandwell, West Midlands N52o 32' 48.4" W2o 0o 5.8"
The Tame Valley Canal, part of the Birmingham Canal Navigation to day, is carried in a bolted plate iron trough over Hydes Road. It is also locally known as the Hateley Heath Aqueduct. Its massive brick abutments supporting the raised embankment of the canal and its utilitarian aspect would make one think of a later date than this. It is only the 'late Regency" railing along the towpath that conveys the feeling of the era it was built. Could find no authority declaring this to be by Telford and Horseley as are the bridges of the Tame Valley Canal.