BCN Main Line - Later

Later

In 1892 the Smethwick Engine was replaced by a new pumping house between the old and new canals, just north of Brasshouse Lane Bridge in Smethwick.

Late in the 20th century, a pair of concrete tunnels near Galton Bridge were built to carry the Telford Way road.

Ryland Aqueduct, carrying the canal over the main A461 road at Dudley Port, Tipton, was rebuilt in the late 1960s. In 1990, its bare concrete structure was painted blue and white and included an image of a canal barge crossing an old-fashioned brick aqueduct.

The Smethwick Summit - Galton Valley Conservation Area protects the Old and New lines between the Birmingham city boundary and Spon Lane locks.