Harecastle Tunnel
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Harecastle Tunnel is a canal tunnel on the Trent and Mersey Canal in Staffordshire between Kidsgrove and Tunstall. The tunnel, which is 1.6 mi long, was once one of the longest in the country. Its ind
Northern end of Telford's Harecastle Tunnel (left) next to the disused Brindley tunnel (right).
The overgrown southern portal of the Brindley tunnel
The fan room above the southern portal of the Telford tunnel
Norwood Tunnel
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Norwood Tunnel was a 2,884-yard-long, 9-foot-3-inch-wide and 12-foot-high brick lined canal tunnel on the line of the Chesterfield Canal with its Western Portal in Norwood, Derbyshire and its Eastern
Harecastle Tunnel
…Despite the death of Brindley in 1772, the first tunnel – which measured 2,880 yd (2,630 m) long – was completed in 1777. On opening, it overtook Norwood Tunnel on the Chesterfield Canal (also bored by Brindley) as the longest tunnel on Britain's canal network. As the tunnel had no towpath, boatsmen had to leg…
The Eastern Portal of Norwood Tunnel
The Western Portal of Norwood Tunnel in 2006