The short Tipton Green Canal, with 3 locks, was completed in 1805 and along with the Toll End Communications Canal became part of a short connecting route between the Birmingham Canal and the Walsall Canal. In 1829 the new main line of the Birmingham Canal cut across the Tipton Green Canal on the level, forming Watery Lane Junction. The Canal being disused in about 1960, and was closed and infilled in 1968. Houses built alongside the Tipton Green Canal were demolished and a new housing estate built with a footpath along part of the line of the old canal including through one of the old locks.
[The Photo shows one of the Canal’s three derelict locks, now a public path – by Oosoom – CC BY-SA 3.0]
