What is recorded here
This black commemorative plaque records: 11 Farmer's Bridge Junction Formed in 1783 by the joining of the Birmingham and Fazeley canal and the 600 metre branch of the Birmingham canal (leading to its Newhall St. terminus). Recorded plaque organisation: Birmingham Canal Navigations Society.
Farmer's Bridge Junction, formed in 1783, marks the confluence of the Birmingham and Fazeley Canal with a branch of the Birmingham Canal, serving as a crucial link in the industrial waterway network that facilitated commerce during the Industrial Revolution.
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