another great video Drew, TY. the chimney / foundry, is derelict. its the old boiler house within the Avery weighing scales factory, an old building that was closed and sealed off when i worked there in 1993. all the factory units around it are the old foundry's within the grounds of Avery's. i worked with the maintenance team and went inside most the old buildings, exploring. amazing they are still there. some date back to late 1700's

Nice to see and hear the history of places i knew so well as a child. Keep up the good work.

Very enjoyable Drew thank you.

Hi mate love your passion for the canals and the history they offer. I live by the lapel canal and walk along it’s path every day

That stretch of canal was my lockdown exercise on my bike so I know it well. Along the old Harborne railway line and down onto the canal and away to Smethwick. Had a few great rides exploring the history so it was nice to see it again. Nice to see you learning as you rode along of the history of that stretch, as I did on my rides.

Another Fabulous Video. 👏🏻👏🏻

Great video some of the small bridge's you will see rope marks where horses would have pulled the barges down the canal keep a lookout when down the canal

Good video 😊

I find this most depressing, overgrown and spoiled by graffiti, I don't think that brick built stack is anything to do with an iron foundry. I say that because iron foundries tended to use cupola furnaces which where made from steel plate. Some of the big foundry companies based in Smethwick were Repton Foundry, Dartmouth Auto castings, The Midland Motor Cylinder Co, Birmingham Aluminium Castings. These foundries, apart from Repton ,were part of The huge Birmid Industries Group which was later known as Birmid-Qualcast. The group made thousands of castings for the motor industry.