Stewart Aqueduct

Stewart Aqueduct
The Stewart (or Steward) Aqueduct
Coordinates	52°30′21″N 1°59′51″W / 52.5059°N 1.9974°W / 52.5059; -1.9974Coordinates: 52°30′21″N 1°59′51″W / 52.5059°N 1.9974°W / 52.5059; -1.9974
OS grid reference	SP001898
Carries	BCN Old Main Line
Crosses	BCN New Main Line
Locale	Smethwick
Maintained by	British Waterways
Heritage status	Grade II listed
Characteristics
Trough construction	Brick
Pier construction	Brick
Traversable?	Yes
Towpaths	Both
Number of spans	Two
Piers in water	One
History
Designer	Thomas Telford
Construction end	1828

The Stewart Aqueduct (or Steward Aqueduct) in Smethwick, West Midlands (but formerly in Staffordshire), England carries the BCN Old Main Line Canal (1770) over the BCN New Main Line Canal (1828).^[1] Alongside and above the New Main Line Canal is the Stour Valley section of the West Coast Main Line (1852), all three being bridged by the M5 motorway (c. 1970).^[1]

The Grade II listed^[2]^[3] aqueduct was built by Thomas Telford in 1829 when he bypassed James Brindley's earlier Birmingham Canal (at the Wolverhampton Level) with his New Main Line (at the Birmingham Level).^[2] Both canals contributed to the Industrial Revolution in the Midlands by conveying coal and raw materials to Birmingham, and finished products to the country and ports.

It is located at the edge of the former Chance's Glass Works (1824) and is close to Spon Lane Canal Junction, the point where the Wednesbury and Wolverhampton routes of the BCN Old Main Line (former Birmingham Canal) meet.

Motorway (M5) over railway over canal over canal
The aqueduct behind struts of motorway looking towards Birmingham

References

1 2 Pearson, Michael (1989). Canal Companion - Birmingham Canal Navigations. J. M. Pearson & Associates. ISBN 0-907864-49-X.
1 2 Historic England. "Steward Aqueduct (Grade II) (1077161)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 26 March 2015.
↑ Historic England. "Grade II (219242)". Images of England.

Birmingham Canal Navigations

Navigable	BCN Main Line Birmingham and Fazeley Canal Bumble Hole Branch Canal Cannock Extension Canal Digbeth Branch Canal Dudley Canal Engine Arm Gower Branch Canal Icknield Port Loop Netherton Tunnel Branch Canal Rushall Canal Soho Loop Spon Lane Locks Branch Tame Valley Canal Titford Canal Walsall Canal Wednesbury Oak Loop Wednesbury Old Canal Wyrley and Essington Canal

Unnavigable	Anson Branch Bentley Canal Bradley Branch Lichfield Canal Ridgacre Branch Tipton Green and Toll End Canals

Junctions	Aldersley Junction Aston Junction Birchills Junction Bromford Junction Catshill Junction Fazeley Junction Horseley Fields Junction Huddlesford Junction Ogley Junction Old Turn Junction Pelsall Junction Rumer Hill Junction Rushall Junction Salford Junction Smethwick Junction Spon Lane Junction Tame Valley Junction

Reservoirs	Chasewater Edgbaston Reservoir Netherton Reservoir

Tunnels	Dudley Tunnel Lapal Tunnel

Aqueducts	Engine Arm Aqueduct Stewart Aqueduct

Bridges and viaducts	Galton Bridge Parkhead Viaduct

Pumping stations	Smethwick Engine

Locks	Delph Locks

Basins	Gas Street Basin

Adjoining canals	Coventry Canal Grand Union Canal Pensnett Canal Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal Stourbridge Canal Worcester and Birmingham Canal

Other	Water levels of the Birmingham Canal Navigations

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