Harecastle Tunnels, north end, 1961
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Harecastle Tunnels, north end, 1961
Image: © Robin Webster Taken: 10 Apr 1961
The closed old tunnel on the right was barred by an old narrow boat, with walkway to the tunnel keeper's office. The new tunnel still had a towpath right through, but this had subsided below water level in stretches, and the railing was often broken. Consequently boats had to keep off the tunnel centre, leading to particularly reduced headroom in subsidence zones. Few hire operators allowed their boats through, because of real or imagined headroom clearance, and the real hazard of boat damage on the submerged towpath. Since 1961 the towpath has been removed, allowing boats to centralize in the tunnel arch.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.084048
Longitude
-2.244204