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Droitwich Barge Canal.

This boat is owned by the Droitwich Canal Trust, they hire it out by the day, in this picture an all girl crew have the boat for a 'Hen Party', the girl on the top of the boat with bare arms will be the bride. The boat is moored at Droitwich town centre, on the restored portion of the canal, it is navigable from Droitwich to Salwarpe, about four miles.

DROITWICH JUNCTION CANAL.
This is at the junction of the the canal with the Worcester & Birmigham canal at Hanbury Wharfe, on a cool January day in 2001.
The first three locks of this canal have been restored.

WINDMILL END
This attractive place is on the Dudley Canal No2 just south of Netherton Tunnel.

DUDLEY CANALS No1 & No2

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DUDLEY MUSEUM.
Day Boats.
Contrary to what people think the narrow boat in the beginnig of the canal era didn't have any cabins, and even when the canals were nationalised many of these day boats were still in use.
These were the original boats that moved the cargoes from the mines to the wharfs, the boatmen lived on land, usually in a canal side cottage.
The boats that were used in the Dukes of Bridgewaters mines were narrower than these in the photo, not many people are interested in restoring this type of boat, so you can look for them in museums.

MANAKINS IN TRADITIONAL COSTUME

PARK HEAD
From the old railway viaduct

DROITWICH BARGE & JUNCTION CANAL
DUDLEY CANALS 1 & 2.

MOORED IN DROITWICH

Looking down on the canal basin from the church tower, this view shows how close the canal basin is to the town centre.

Lock No.1 at Ladywood

The first lock from the River Severn into the old canal. Both sides of the lock are privately owned, the main line of the canal is cut by the A449 Worcester to Kidderminster road.

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River Salwarpe from the A449 road bridge at Hawford. The canal runs along the bottom of the hill in the background. This photograph shows the river Salwarpe in flood. To lock down to the river at this point would be the best route to the River Severn.

RIVER SALWARPE AT ITS CONFLUENCE WITH THE RIVER SEVERN

PORTERS MILL LOCK

THE BAR OF THE DRY DOCK PUB.
Just below the embankment at Windmill End

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