Birmingham is famously reputed to have more miles of canals than Venice. These canals contributed much to the city’s growth, bringing coal and merchandise fro

This title illustrates Birmingham's canal heritage, the development of these canals and the city's role as an inland port over a 150 year period. This selection

The Worcestershire and Birmingham Canal, some thirty miles long, was created from 1791, when it was authorised by Act of Parliament, to 1815 when it was complet