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As a curiosity the canal runs through the legs of an Electricity Pylon .

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STANDEDGE TUNNELS

The tunnels here cut through the watershed between the two rivers: Colne flowing down to Huddersfield and the Tame to Manchester . Both canal and railway had to cut through the hills:
  • Canal tunnel

  • --- Standedge Canal Tunnel is 3 Mile s 418 Yd (5,209 M ) long making it the longest canal tunnel in the United Kingdom . It is largely brick lined but in some places the tunnel passes through naked rock. The tunnel was built without a towpath and as such Boat s had to be 'legged' through. Pleasure craft are able to pass through today as part of a towed convoy using battery operated craft, shadowed by a support vehicle using one of the abandoned single track rail tunnels.

  • Railway tunnels

  • ---Standedge Tunnels were cut by the and the Totley Tunnel on the Sheffield -Manchester route.


During construction of the tunnels, cross-passages were dug linking to the canal tunnel in order to use it to remove spoil. Only the double line tunnel is currently used for trains.


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