What is recorded here
James J Chance, MA, JP, DL. For 50 years, a partner in Chance Brothers & Co at the Glass Works Smethwick, and Akali Works, Oldbury. He purchased the land for the Park, laid it out and endowed it and on Sep 7 1895 opened it as a gift to the public forever.
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- Richard Law, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Tony Hisgett from Birmingham, UK, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0
- Christine Johnstone, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Jaggery, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
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Memorial to James Chance in West Smethwick ParkListed building · 39 yd
John Chance Memorial Drinking FountainMonument · 219 yd
Rood End War MemorialListed building · 783 yd
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Smethwick Station BridgeCanal bridge · 915 yd
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Galton Bridge Including Attached Railway Bridge Span, Roebuck Lane Birmingham Canal Birmingham LevelListed building · 938 yd
Millennium Milepost Galton BridgeVisitor information · 954 yd
Tat Bank Branch (Titford Canal)Canal or navigation · 1014 yd
Sandwell Park Colliery WharfVisitor information · 1063 ydGalton Valley Canal MuseumMuseum · 1294 ydExplorer Tom Beside Smethwick's canals, the Galton Valley pumping station tells how water itself needed moving to keep boats working…
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