It started life as the Broadwaters Extension to the Wednesbury Canal which opened in 1785 to serve collieries in Moxley, authorised as a detached part of the Birmingham & Fazeley Canal under that canal's original Act.
It started life as the Broadwaters Extension to the Wednesbury Canal which opened in 1785 to serve collieries in Moxley. This section was authorised as a detached part of the Birmingham & Fazeley Canal under that canal's original Act.