2006-12-20 22:28:37 · 9 answers · asked by jillb61180 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Geography
Have a look on the British Waterways website - everything you want is there.
2006-12-20 22:47:46 · answer #1 · answered by nosmo king 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Sapperton Canal Tunnel is a tunnel on the Thames and Severn Canal near Cirencester in Gloucestershire, England. It was the longest canal tunnel, and the longest tunnel of any kind, in England from 1789 to 1811.
The tunnel was opened in 1789 after five years of construction and is 3,817 yards (3,490 m) long. It has no towpath; narrowboats were transported through the tunnel by legging.[1]
It was superseded as the longest canal tunnel in England in 1811 by the Huddersfield Narrow Canal's Standedge Canal Tunnel, which is 5,456 yards (4,989 m) long and remains the highest, longest and deepest canal tunnel in Britain. The Sapperton tunnel and surrounding stretch of the canal are currently not well-maintained. Tourist boat trips into the tunnel were suspended in June 2004.
The Sapperton railway tunnel, on the Golden Valley Line, follows a broadly similar route under the 'Cotswold Edge'.
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2006-12-21 08:46:29 · answer #2 · answered by catzpaw 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Standedge Tunnel on the Huddersfield Narrow Canal is Britain's longest canal tunnel.
The canal has a total of 74 locks. It connects end on with the Ashton Canal and the Huddersfield Broad Canal.
The Huddersfield Narrow Canal runs for 20 miles between Huddersfield in West Yorkshire and Ashton under Lyne in Greater Manchester.
2006-12-21 06:32:19 · answer #3 · answered by Sassysaz 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Blisworth Tunnel on the Grand Union Canal was, for a while, the longest operating tunnel on the system at 3056 yards. Underground watercourses caused considerable damage to the lining and it was closed for four years in the eighties for rebuilding of the centre section using preformed concrete sections. There is no towing path but it is broad enough to allow two narrowboats to pass.
The reopening, in 2001, of the Huddersfield Narrow Canal has given Standedge Tunnel back its 'longest UK canal tunnel' title at 5456 yards. Sapperton (3817 yards) and Lappal (3795 yards) are both closed, though the former is scheduled for restoration.
2006-12-21 06:59:34 · answer #4 · answered by Chariotmender 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Standedge Tunnel, Marsden
2006-12-21 06:39:16 · answer #5 · answered by CT 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Standedge Tunnel, Marsden
2006-12-21 06:33:02 · answer #6 · answered by SJH 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cherie Blairs
2006-12-24 02:22:20 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Stanndedge
2006-12-24 16:42:41 · answer #8 · answered by lenpol7 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
standedge
2006-12-21 08:39:38 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋