ADDENDA.

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WYRLEY AND ESSINGTON CANAL,EXTENSION.

Wyrley andEflingtonCanal,Extension.

' IN our former Addenda, Page 12, we gav£ an account ofwhat was originally planned respecting this Canal. ThisSession (34 Geo. III. ch. 25) an act has been obtained forextending the canal so as to join the Coventry Canal at Hud-dlesford, near Lichsield; respecting which, in addition to theformer account, we have to add, that fromBirchill near Walsall,the extension canal takes a north course up to the coal worksat Lords Hay near Wyrley. At Pelsall-Wood, the canal takesan east course, passing through Pelsall-Wood, by Brown Hills,over Cannock Heath, on the south side of Lichsield, andjoins the Coventry Canal opposite Huddles so rd. On the westside of Cannock Heath, a branch goes to the south by WalsallWood to the lime works at Hay Head. The total length ofthis canal and branches is thirty four miles and a half, withtwo hundred and sixty-four feet fall from Cannock Heath tothe Coventry Canal,

From Wolverhampton to Birchill is seven miles and a half,and level; from thence to the first lock on Cannock Heath iseight miles and level; from thence to the junction is sevenmiles and a half. Of the branches, that to W yrley Bank isthree miles and a half; that to Lords Hay at Wyrley is twomiles and a half; and that to Hay Head Lime Works is fivemiles and a half; they are all level. There is also a Ihortcut to Mr. Vernon’s collieries at Assimore Park. The otherbranches mentioned in the former Addenda are relinquissied.

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