Trent and Mersey Canal
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The Trent and Mersey Canal is a 93+1⁄2-mile canal in Derbyshire, Staffordshire and Cheshire in north-central England. It is a "narrow canal" for the vast majority of its length, but at the extremities
The Trent and Mersey Canal near Branston Water Park
Barnton Tunnel east entrance
Hall Green Branch crosses the T&M at Poole Aqueduct
A typical set of double locks on the T&M
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
Trent and Mersey Canal
…and was then the only operational boat-lift in the United Kingdom until the construction of the Falkirk Wheel in Scotland. Another major feature is the Harecastle Tunnel, near Kidsgrove in the city of Stoke-on-Trent, north Staffordshire. There are actually two tunnels; the first was built by Brindley and was 2,880 yards…
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