EAW008364 ENGLAND (1947). The Ray Hall Sewage Works and the Tame Valley Canal, West Bromwich, from the south-east, 1947

? Possibly two blast shelters?

2ndWW Munitions store?

Ray Hall (farm?)

2ndWW camouflage paint scheme.

Target area for old rifle range.

A34 Birmingham Road

A4148 Broadway?

Walstead Road

M5/M6 junctions now cross the railway at this point

Charlemont Rd/Ray Hall Lane bridge over railway

Brook Bridge

Newton Road - now known as Wigmore Lane and paralelled by the modern dual carriageway.

Site of Lonodn Midland & Scottish Railway's Newton Road station finally closed in 1945 having opened in 1838 as part of the Grand Junction Railway (resited from 1863 until 1902)

Walsall Road aqueduct - the BCN Tame Valley Canal running over the A4031. This was a narrow tight bridge controlled by traffic signals until the M5/M6 construction included a bypass, the modern A4031. These are the two road signs that I salvaged when the road closed!

Now known as Sandy Lane bridge into the rail depot - at the time this was the main road A4031 route heading towards Tame Bridge. This section of road was severed as part of the M5/M6 construction with a new A4031 being built.

Friar Park Rd

Old Bridge over the River Tame with the Bulls Head PH. Now completely under the M5/M6 junction - the A4031 being diverted to a new route.

Old A4031 Walsall - West Bromwich Rd that was diverted on to new course as part of the M5/M6 junction scheme.

Bell Lane

Site of the National Grid electrical plant - this looks possibly like some sort of war time camp?

Fullbrook Road

London Midland & Scottish Railway Bescot Yard.

Ray Hall Farm

Hembs Crescent.

Hill Farm - now under the junction between the M5 and M6.

Brickfields turnover bridge

M5 Motorway crosses the canal here.

Birmingham Canal Navigation, Rushall Canal Junction.

Birmingham Canal Navigation, Tame Valley Canal

Bowstoke Road.

Pear Tree Farm

Hamstead Road

United Reform Church on corner of Hamstead Road and Newton Road.

Malt Shovel PH

Ray Hall Sewage Works, West Bromwich Corporation