The Coventry Canal links the northern end of the Oxford Canal to the city centre, and is a green corridor through the suburbs into the city.
Hawkesbury Engine House
where from the early 1800s
steam engines pumped water into the canal from deep wells.
Art on a Coventry Canal bridge near Hawkesbury
Junction.
Electric Wharf, the site of the first power station in
Coventry.
'The Coil' by Frank Triggs
Art on the Coventry Canal
'Daimler Heritage Marker' by Robert Crutchely
Art on the Coventry Canal
The sculpture marks the site of the Daimler Factory that produced the first British production motor car in 1897.
Joseph Cash's weavers cottages built in the 1850s.
The three storey houses had well lit workshops on the
top floor. The workshops housed a steam
powered Jacquard Loom for weaving ribbons, and allow home-workers to compete
with ribbon produced in factories.
'The Journeyman' by Stephen Hitchin
Art on the Coventry Canal
Statue of James Brindley (1716-1772) at the Canal
Basin in the centre of Coventry city.
James Brindley designed almost all of the early canals
in England including the Coventry Canal.
The Canal Basin was once a bustling place, busy with boats at the
wharves loading and unloading materials for storage in the surrounding
warehouses.
The Cathedral steps, Coventry.
The new cathedral, consecrated in 1962, was built
after destruction of the medieval cathedral during bombing raids in the Second
World War. The sculpture designed by Sir
Jacob Epstein, depicts St. Michael overcoming the Devil.
Happy walking
Anne
