Ridgacre Branch

Ridgacre Branch
An almost rural view near Black Lake road bridge
Specifications
Length	0.75 miles (1.21 km)
Status	watered but disconnected
History
Date completed	1828
Date closed	1960s
Geography
Start point	Swan Bridge Junction
End point	Hateley Heath
Connects to	Wednesbury Old Canal

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Legend
Jesson Branch Halford Branch Church Lane Bridge Ridgacre Bridge, Church Lane Basin (Cyclops Works) Terminal basin Halford Branch Coppice Colliery Bridge Hatchey Heath Bridge Basins (Hall End Ironworks) Coles Lane Bridge Dartmouth Branch Basin (Whites Farm Colliery) Blacklake Bridge (A4196) West Midlands Metro bridge Coal wharf Blacklake Colliery Tramway GWR Great Bridge Branch Basin (Swan Meadow Saw Mills) New Gas Street Bridge Basin (Gas Works) Balls Hill Branch Balls Hill Branch turning head A41 culvert Wednesbury Old Canal

The Ridgacre Branch is a canal branch of the Wednesbury Old Canal, part of the Birmingham Canal Navigations, in the West Midlands, England. It opened in 1828, to serve collieries and iron works, and was disused by the 1960s. Except for its branches and a small section at the eastern end, which have been filled in, most of it is still in water, but it is not navigable as a low-level bridge carrying the Black Country New Road spans the entrance.