What is recorded here
This red commemorative plaque records: Gas Street Basin From 1795 - 1815, transhipment point between Birmingham Canal Navigations and Worcester & Birmingham Canal across 'The Worcester Bar' Recorded plaque organisation: Transport Trust.
Worcester Bar was a crucial transhipment point between the Birmingham Canal Navigations and the Worcester & Birmingham Canal from 1795 to 1815, facilitating significant industrial transport during Britain's Industrial Revolution.
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