Canal tunnel under Sydney Road
Introduction
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Canal tunnel under Sydney Road
Image: © Humphrey Bolton Taken: 16 Nov 2010
The canal was constructed through Sydney Gardens between 1800 and 1810, and Cleveland House, which is over the tunnel, was built soon afterwards as the canal company's headquarters. There was, and probably still is, a hole in the roof of the tunnel near the western exit where packages could be dropped to passing boats as a mail service to other parts of the canal. (information from Maurice Pullin)
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Image Location
Latitude
51.385324
Longitude
-2.349145