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Worcester Bar black plaque

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This black commemorative plaque records: 2 Worcester Bar (1792) This bar separates the Birmingham from the Worcester and Birmingham canals. All cargo was manhandled across until the Bar lock was added in 1815. Recorded plaque organisation: Birmingham Canal Navigations Society.

From the Open Plaques record 8366

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