Standedge Tunnel
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Standedge Tunnel by David Stowell as part of the Geograph project.
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Standedge Tunnel
Image: © David Stowell Taken: 14 Jun 2001
A tug emerges from the Diggle portal of the tunnel at the head of a convoy of narrowboats on the Huddersfield Narrow Canal. The tunnel is the longest, highest (above sea level) and deepest (below the hills above) canal tunnel in the UK.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.56771
Longitude
-1.993922