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	Huddersfield Narrow Canal - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Standedge Canal Tunnel is 3 miles 418 yd (5,209 m) long making it the longest canal tunnel in the United Kingdom.
		Standedge Tunnels were cut by the London and North Western Railway.
		The single tunnels are 3 miles 57 yd (4803 m) long long; the double-line tunnel 3 miles 60 yd (4806 m).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Huddersfield_Narrow_Canal (330 words)

	Blisworth tunnel - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Blisworth Tunnel is a canal tunnel on the Grand Union Canal in Northamptonshire, England between the villages of Stoke Bruerne (southern end) and Blisworth (northern end).
		At 3076 yards (2813m) long it is the third-longest navigable canal tunnel on the UK canal network after Standedge Tunnel and Dudley Tunnel (and the ninth-longest canal tunnel in the world).
		In March 1805, the tunnel was finally opened and the rails were used to connect the main line of the canal to the River Nene until the branch canal to Northampton was constructed.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Blisworth_tunnel (306 words)

	Standedge Tunnel History - Huddersfield Narrow Canal
		Standedge Tunnel was so ambitious that it nearly led to the downfall of the whole canal scheme.
		While the horses were led over the hill, the boatmen had to "leg" the boat through the tunnel, by lying on boards across the front of the boat and walking along the walls or roof of the tunnel, which took up to four hours.
		The tunnel thus became a bottleneck with boats having to queue to use the locks.
	www.penninewaterways.co.uk /huddersfield/standedge3.htm (1060 words)

	Huddersfield Narrow Canal - Tunnel End, Marsden
		The tunnel ends have a width of 8 ft (2.4m), a height of 17 ft (5.2m) and a water depth of 8 ft (2.4m), but inside, the tunnel is often much wider and higher than this.
		The tunnel is arched with brick or stone in places where the rock strata is weaker, or where the original tunnel was disturbed as a result of the railway tunnels' construction, but left in a natural state where the rock is solid.
		At the tunnel ends and in the lined sections, the tunnel width was narrow enough for both men to leg together, but in unlined sections the men legged alternately, thus steering the boat through in a zig‑zag fashion.
	www.huddersfield1.co.uk /huddersfield/narrowcanal/huddscanalend.htm (1612 words)

	Tunnels (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Standedge Tunnel on the Huddersfield Narrow Canal- 3.24 miles (5.21 km) long.
		As far as derelict tunnels in continental Europe are concerned, Antoni Vassileff tells me: "The longest tunnel ever built in France was the 'tunnel du Rove', which used to link Marseille to the Rhône river before a part of the vault collapsed in the sixties (1963).
		The Paw-Paw Tunnel on the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal.
	www.canals.com /tunnels.htm (273 words)

	History by Waterway from Haslingden Canal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		He decides to only work on Standedge Tunnel from the two ends thus saving the expense of sinking the very deep shafts that would be needed to work at more places but extending the completion date.
		He reports that the Standedge tunnel contractor Thomas Lee could not complete his work under his present terms and would be ruined if he was not given some allowance for the unforseen dificulties encountered.
		Standedge Tunnel was completed under the direction of John Rooth and the opening ceremony took place on the 4th April 1811.
	easyweb.easynet.co.uk /jim.shead/History13.html (2684 words)

	NarrowboatWorld (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Standedge tunnel is the longest, deepest and highest in Britain.
		It was estimated that 15,000 cubic metres of silt was removed from the tunnel, as the tunnel was deeper than normal, acting as the summit pound.
		It was discovered that the tunnel was in fairly good condition, though there were a few rock falls, having survived its closure very well.
	www.narrowboatworld.com /NBW__z-Standedge.htm (1049 words)

	Seven Wonders of the Waterways
		Sapperton Tunnel on the Thames and Severn Canal
		The longest tunnel in the world at the time, it took eleven years to build, was one and three-quarter miles long, and opened in 1777, five years after Brindley's death.
		The tunnel is on the Huddersfield Narrow Canal, and at 5698 yards (5210 metres) is the longest canal tunnel in the UK; at 645 feet (197 metres) above sea level is also the highest; and at 638 feet (194 metres) below the surface is also the deepest.
	www.luphen.org.uk /canals/7wonders.htm (2004 words)

	The Huddersfield Narrow Canal from Canal Junction
		Standedge Tunnel (17 000 feet, one third bare rock) (638 feet below ground, 645 feet above sea level) Marsden Moor, with it’s reservoirs and dough is crossed by the Pennine Way, the Chester-York Roman Road, packhorse trails and three turnpikes, all of which can be followed today.
		The canal tunnel (1811-1944) preceded three railway tunnels, took 16 years to construct and then £5 million to clear four rock falls and make safe.
		The Standedge Visitor Centre is based in a former transhipment warehouse and has 2 floors of interactive exhibits plus an electric trip boat which takes visitors into the tunnel itself.
	www.canaljunction.com /canal/huddersfield_narrow.htm (551 words)

	29-04-2005 The Pennines : British Waterways
		The tunnel is Britain’s longest and deepest canal tunnel, at 5,209 metres long, and 194m deep underneath the Pennines at its deepest point.
		Inside the tunnel itself, visitors will see some of the marks left by the hundreds of people who worked there, from carved initials to chisel marks, where workmen chipped away at the dense millstone grit that the tunnel passes through.
		Standedge Tunnel is located on the Huddersfield Narrow Canal near Marsden.
	www.britishwaterways.co.uk /newsroom/stories/the_pennines.html (713 words)

	Standedge (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Standedge visitor centre which was closed for re-furbishment.
		Standedge tunnel with the tug and passenger vessel waiting by the Marsden portal.
		Rear of the tug and the jebus that Gypsyrover was attached too for the tow through the tunnel.
	www.gypsyrover.co.nz /Standedge.html (133 words)

	Granny Buttons: 14 June 2004 - 20 June 2004
		Standedge Tunnel stands out as one of the most extraordinary experiences of my cruising around England.
		The tunnel mouth was blocked with a rusty BW work boat inside a pair of creaky rusty gates that squeaked as the boat pushed against them every so often.
		I learned that he actually drives through a parallel rail tunnel, long disused, popped out through 'cross-adits' every half-mile or so to check on the progress of the tug, and then near the exit finally emerges to clear the boat and the gate for the tunnel tug.
	www.grannybuttons.com /granny_buttons/2004/week25 (2662 words)

	Huddersfield One - The Huddersfield Narrow Canal Virtual Tour
		As the canal emerges from the Standedge Tunnel, which was a major engineering feat when it was carved from beneath the Pennine Hills, one is greeted by the canal basin at Tunnel End, some 0.5 miles west of the village of Marsden itself.
		There is a lot of renovation work still being carried out at Tunnel End as a former warehouse is converted into a visitor centre and the area surrounding the former tunnel workers cottages is prepared for the anticipated tourist influx once the canal is reopened for navigation in April, 2001.
		The Standedge Tunnel entrance with narrow boat in the foreground.
	www.huddersfield1.co.uk /huddersfield/narrowcanal/virtualtour.htm (355 words)

	Standedge Tunnel and Visitor Centre - Huddersfield Narrow Canal, Marsden
		Standedge Tunnel is the longest, highest and deepest canal tunnel in Britain!
		Originally opened in 1811, the tunnel has been restored and was re-opened in 2001.
		A highlight of a visit to Tunnel End is a boat ride into the tunnel.
	www.penninewaterways.co.uk /huddersfield/standedge1.htm (319 words)

	Opening times for standedge : British Waterways
		Standedge Tunnel, Britain's highest, longest, deepest canal tunnel, is to re-open to the public on Good Friday for an exciting 2004 boating season.
		"Standedge Tunnel is one of the seven wonders of the waterways.
		Standedge Tunnel, at Marsden in West Yorkshire, is just over three miles long and is the longest on the UK canal network.
	www.britishwaterways.com /newsroom/archive/opening_times_for_standedge.html (407 words)

	Huddersfield Waterfront, Huddersfield Canals, Travel & Tourism
		This is the longest, highest and deepest canal tunnel in the country, which took 17 years to complete.
		The tunnel is 3 1/4 miles (5200m) in length and stands 645ft (196m) above sea level.
		As there is no towpath in the tunnel, boats had to be 'legged' through, while horses were led over the hills so they could tow boats along the rest of the canal.
	www.huddsonline.co.uk /tourism_waterfront.htm (560 words)

	ITM - Instrumentation, Testing and Monitoring - Standedge Tunnel (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		There are 4 tunnels at Standedge, each of them unique in its own way.
		The railway tunnels are unique in the UK in being the only ones which are level.
		In the 1930s, a third twin-track railway tunnel was constructed, the second longest in the UK with the largest overburden.
	www.itm-ltd.com /pStandedge.htm (261 words)

	BBC - Bradford and West Yorkshire - 360º - Tunnel End
		Standedge Tunnel is the longest, highest and deepest canal in Britain.
		The tunnel takes the canal under the high Pennine spine of Northern England between Marsden in the Colne Valley and Diggle in Saddleworth.
		Before the canal tunnel near Huddersfield was complete all boats transferred their cargo to packhorses.
	www.bbc.co.uk /bradford/360/version2_tunnel_end_2.shtml (216 words)

	Amalgamated Construction Ltd: Company Overview
		The Standedge Tunnel Project achieved award status, along with the Tamar Bridge and Anderton Boat Lift.
		The original Standedge Tunnel was completed in 1811; thirteen years after the rest of the Huddersfield Narrow Canal had been opened for business.
		The last recorded cargo boat passed through the tunnel in November 1921 and the canal was closed to navigation by an Act of Parliament in 1944.
	www.amco-construction.co.uk /news/latestnews.cfm?newsID=73 (320 words)

	Huddersfield Narrow Canal - Construction of the Great Tunnel
		It is difficult to unravel the sequence of construction in the Standedge Tunnel during those sixteen years.
		A total of fourteen shafts were originally sunk at intervals of between 100 yards and 180 yards from each end, but pumping costs at all of these were high due to an unexpected ingress of water from the millstone grit strata; indeed at the sixth pit from Diggle costs were eleven guineas per week.
		His plans included for the completion of the tunnel, also an unfinished section of canal from Woolroad to Diggle and new reservoirs, as well as repairs to structures and earthworks.
	www.huddersfield1.co.uk /huddersfield/narrowcanal/huddscanalgreat.htm (1117 words)

	Blisworth Tunnel photo - Dave Wright photos at pbase.com
		Blisworth Tunnel is one of the longest in Britain.
		One of the highlights of their cruise was to be the journey through Blisworth Tunnel, at that time the longest open canal tunnel.
		It was exactly at the spot where the first attempt at a tunnel - which collapsed due to quicksand - would have intersected with the main canal tunnel.
	www.pbase.com /image/40942357 (661 words)

	Sankey Canal Restoration Society - Canal Cuttings, Summer/Autumn 2000 (Volume 4)
		There were 74 locks, numerous other earthworks and a remarkable tunnel, the Standedge, opened in 1811, which holds a place in the Guinness Book of Records as the highest, deepest and longest canal tunnel in England.
		There remained such obstacles as the Standedge Tunnel, road crossings such as that at Dobcross and extensive infilling in the town centre of Stalybridge where business premises had been built and had been operative for many years.
		Standedge Tunnel has been desilted, the collapses removed and all walls stabilised with either new brick or quick-drying spray-on concrete covering steel mesh bolted into the walls and roof.
	www.scars.org.uk /cuttings/volume4/eight/reports.html (1195 words)

	Drives keep narrowboat lift working precisely: News from Control Techniques
		The new visitor centre is adjacent to and serves the Standedge Tunnel; the highest (196m), longest (5,200m) and deepest (194m) canal tunnel in the UK.
		Running beneath the Pennines, the tunnel was originally built to serve England's booming textile industry in the 19th century.
		Fittingly, Qualter Hall began their engineering operations 141 years ago when the Standedge Tunnel was probably at the height of its use.
	www.engineeringtalk.com /news/cod/cod122.html (1290 words)

	icHuddersfield - Accident `alert' at Standedge Tunnel
		But the incident was a training exercise involving a fictitious Standedge Tunnel train accident.
		They are specific to the Standedge Tunnels, because of their unique structure.
		The simulated emergency took place on one of the disused lines and the canal was closed to boat trips during the event.
	ichuddersfield.icnetwork.co.uk /0100news/0100localnews/tm_objectid%3D14183420%26method%3Dfull%26siteid%3D50060%26headline%3Daccident--alert--at-standedge-tunnel-name_page.html (320 words)

	Standedge Tunnel Encyclopedia Article, Definition, History, Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
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	www.karr.net /encyclopedia/Standedge_Tunnel (466 words)

	Granny Buttons: Granny Buttons goes through Standedge Tunnel
		But soon the tunnel proper starts, and it gets exciting and inspiring: you can see the rough-hewn rock, the remnants of soot, the chisel chippings, the mason's marks, and the white scars from the original old gunpowder blasting.
		Later at the tunnel exit, with his hat off, he looked a little more mature and I could see the responsibility etched in his eyes.
		Perhaps the most awe-inspiring part of the Standedge trip was simply the regular salutation from the van driver, who was encumbered with the duty of checking us safely through the tunnel from the cross-adits.
	www.grannybuttons.com /granny_buttons/2004/06/granny_buttons_.html (1177 words)

	Days Out Yorkshire - Tunnel End Inn, Marsden, West Yorkshire (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Formerly known as the Junction Inn, the Tunnel End Inn on Waters Road in Marsden was purchased and re-opened in 2002 by Gary and Bev Earnshaw, following a period of closure.
		The honey-coloured sandstone Tunnel End Inn is located about 300 yards away from the Huddersfield Narrow Canal, where it disappears into the Standedge Tunnel for its trip through the Pennines.
		The Tunnel End Inn makes a good stopping off point at the end of our walk along the Huddersfield Narrow Canal from Slaithwaite, as it is an easy walk from here back to the station.
	www.yorkshire-escapes.com /content/view/19/40 (533 words)

	Standedge Tunnel - Huddersfield Narrow Canal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Although the entrances are traditional and look insignificant, many parts of the three and a quarter mile long tunnel had to be hewn and dynamited from the solid rock.
		Although they wear miners type helmets and thick gloves it must be a dirty and difficult task in view of the length of the tunnel and its rocky outcrops.
		The Standedge Visitor Centre and its "Standedge Visitor Experience" is open to visitors during the summer months.
	www.beautifulbritain.co.uk /standedge_tunnel.htm (351 words)

	icHuddersfield - £2m Visitor centre shut
		The boat trips through the canal tunnel - which is Britain's longest at 3.25 miles - have remained popular.
		By July, 2004, opening hours were cut and charges for boat rides through Standedge Tunnel were lowered in a bid to lure in visitors.
		Boat trips are run from near the cottages which are next to the mouth of the tunnel.
	ichuddersfield.icnetwork.co.uk /0100news/0100localnews/tm_objectid=15441668%26method=full%26siteid=50060%26headline=%2dpound%2d2m%2dvisitor%2dcentre%2dshut-name_page.html (342 words)

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