| AdminHistory | The Delph Locks (or 'Nine Locks') were constructed between July 1777 and June 1779 to connect the start of the Dudley No. 1 Canal with the Stourbridge Canal. However, with extensive remodelling in the 1850s, the nine locks were reduced to eight, but the name stuck and the area has been known as 'Nine Locks' (or Delph Locks) ever since. The bottom lock, No. 8 is imediately after Black Delph Bridge carrying Black Delph Road over the canal, which leads to Black Delph Wharf that is wide enough for boats to turn round before going through the locks. The locks are still there and are preserved. |
| This extension to the Dudley Canal, runs from Parkhead Junction, with the Dudley Canal Line No.1, to Coombeswood. The canal originally went on to join the Worcester & Birmingham Canal at Selly Oak, Birmingham, via the 3,795 yard long Lappal Tunnel. This section of the canal is today closed. |