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Here is the second loop in the Rotton Park area, this being another bypassed stretch of the Birmingham Canal Old Main Line when Thomas Telford's Birmingham Canal New Main Line was opened, taking seven miles off the total distance of the former. This Loop was once the waterborne access to Soho Wharf, where stood the long-vanished Soho Manufactory. This, opened in 1761 by Matthew Boulton, was a factory where metalware, buckles, coins and buttons were produced - it was demolished during the 19th century. In much more recent times, the Time Team television series were here to excavate the site and found remains of the building buried beneath the gardens of private homes. Time photo taken 2.00 pm GMT (Greenwich Mean Time).