Standedge Tunnels - The Canal Tunnel

The Canal Tunnel

[ ] Standedge Tunnels
Legend
Huddersfield railway station
Jn with Huddersfield Broad Canal
42 Locks
Marsden railway station
Visitor Centre
River Colne
Marsden Portals
1811 canal tunnel
1848 railway tunnel
1871 railway tunnel
1894 railway tunnel
Diggle Portals
10 locks
Saddleworth Viaduct
Greenfield railway station
18 locks
Stalybridge railway station
4 locks
Dukinfield Jn, Ashton under Lyne
Peak Forest Canal
Ashton Canal

The Standedge Tunnel is the longest, deepest and highest canal tunnel in Britain. It is 16,499 feet (5,029 m) long, 636 feet (194 m) underground at the deepest point, and 643 feet (196 m) above sea level.

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