Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal

May 1902 the Courier….Cannock Rural Council report that Goldie Bridge is badly in need of repair. Currently a foot bridge, but it is also necessary to drive through, and when the brook is in flood the water will sometimes reach to the body of the trap...a bridge should be provided for vehicles as well as foot passengers... Jan 1904 new bridge completed and opened for public use by the Chairman TA Hawkins, the engineer being HW Whitehead, and contractor CJ Nevitt . Cost £534 and is 15 feet wide. Stood test of 25 tons…

The lock here was the first one built by James Brindley on the Staffs and Worcester canal

(2113 views on Panoramio)

A seat for lunch, but will it rain? See next picture.

This looked a very inviting place on a very hot day! (2553 views on Panoramio)

WOLVERLEY AND COOKLEY Lock, circular weir and cave at Debdale forming part of the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal,which opened to traffic in 1772 and was designed by James Brindley (1716-72). LOCK: Narrow lock, built to the design of James Brindley in around 1770. The lock chamber is rockcut and brick faced with a replacement engineering brick coping. The eastern (upper) wooden gate has a timber balance beam and ground paddle gears. The western (lower) end is denoted by a pair of wooden lock gates with gate paddles and timber balance beams. The rock cliff face adjacent to both lock gates has been roughly quarried to accommodate the moving balance beams. The surfaces adjacent to the balance beams are of modern brick, but original sandstone surfaces may survive below. A small upright pillar situated a short distance to the south of the lock may be a mile post or bollard. Rubbing marks formed by ropes are visible on its surface.