Heartland
master brummie
The lost arm of William James touches on canals, mines and railway subjects. An early railway terminus on Newhall Hill might have been one possibility for Birmingham and a group of new canal side warehouses in George Street, another outcome. As it was the private canal arm provided access to a wide range of different Birmingham businesses. These included the first Nickel refinery in Birmingham, coal merchants, cut glass workers, cycle makers, electroplaters, gun makers, metallic bedstead makers, pin makers, sand getters, timber merchants and wire drawers.
The first part of the arm was made by 1808 and the rest by 1820. That part west of Newhall Hill was filled in quite early, but the rest was closed after 1950.
The first part of the arm was made by 1808 and the rest by 1820. That part west of Newhall Hill was filled in quite early, but the rest was closed after 1950.