Salford Junction

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Coordinates: 52 ° 30 '31.1 "  N , 1 ° 51' 33.7"  W.

The Grand Union Canal over the River Tame and the M6 ​​motorway over it in the Salford Junction area

Salford Junction is the meeting point of three canals near Birmingham , England . A system of locks has connected the Grand Union Canal , the Tame Valley Canal and the Birmingham and Fazeley Canal at this point since 1844.

The name Salford is based on the Anglo-Saxon word Shrafford , which means " ford near the caves", because the River Tame also flows in this area next to the canals. With caves are meant caves in the adjacent Copeley Hill. The caves were destroyed during the construction of the Gravelly Hill Interchange of the M6 motorway and the Salford Bridge, which had been here since 1290 at the latest, was demolished. The canal crossing system has been under the elevated motorway since then.

literature

  • WB Stephens (Ed.), Communications, A History of the County of Warwick: Volume 7: The City of Birmingham (1964), pp. 25-42. (here: online )