Showing posts with label Stourbridge. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Stourbridge. Show all posts

Sunday, 23 March 2008

Stourbridge


Wordsley on the Stourbridge lock flight (previously seen here).

Beyond Glasshouse Bridge is the 90 ft high Redhouse Cone, part of a former glass works, now part of a museum site. It is one of only 4 such cones remaining in the UK.

The bridge is between the 4th and 5th lock up the 16-lock flight.
See Google Aerial View of this location.
See LiveSearch Birds Eye View of this location.

Friday, 25 January 2008

Stourbridge


The locks at Stourbridge, a few miles west of Birmingham. There are 16 locks dropping from Leys Junction to Wordsley Junction.

The large structure is the 90 ft high Redhouse Cone, part of a former glass works, now part of a museum site. It is one of only 4 such cones remaining in the UK.

See Google Aerial View of this location.
See LiveSearch Birds Eye view of this location.