Grand Union Canal: Shrewley Tunnel: South-eastern portal
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Grand Union Canal: Shrewley Tunnel: South-eastern portal
Image: © Nigel Cox Taken: 6 Sep 2012
Shrewley Tunnel is part of the original fabric of the Warwick and Birmingham Canal that was completed in 1799. This is the south-eastern portal which is a Grade II Listed Structure. The English Heritage website describes it thus:- "Tunnel portal. Late C18 with later alterations. Probably designed by Wm Felkin and Philip Henry Witton for Warwick and Birmingham Canal Co. Brick and stone. Single semi-circular arch with brick band and outer stone band with keystone and stone imposts. Above, a stone band followed by a parapet with a line of Staffordshire blue bricks crowned by a solid iron kerb. To left, a trailing edge wing wall of alternating bands of brick and stone, consolidating embankment taking towpath upwards to form horse-path which crosses fields to join towpath tunnel attached to Shrewley Tunnel north portal."
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Image Location
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52.301334
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