Built in 1847, to link the Wyley and Essington Canal with the Tame Valley Canal.
This canal, unlike the Daw End Branch (a contour canal) made the most of the advances in civil engineering that had taken place in the previous 40 years. It strikes a straight line towards its destination.
From Longwood Junction, the canal joins the Tame Valley Canal at Rushall Junction. Running mostly through open countryside, the canal drops down from the high ground to the Tame Valley, where it meets the M6.
The book "The Birmingham Canal Navigations" by the Birmingham Branch I.W.A, gives more information on this canal.