Grand Union Canal: Braunston Tunnel: The infamous S-bend!
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Grand Union Canal: Braunston Tunnel: The infamous S-bend!
Image: © Nigel Cox Taken: 13 Sep 2012
This is the point in the tunnel where the excavated bores from either end did not quite meet one another in the middle, creating the infamous S-bend. But, hey, this was 1790's surveying setting out, so they were probably grateful that they did not miss one another entirely, as they would have still been excavating today... Anyway this bend can be a problem if two long narrowboats meet one another at it. The location co-ordinates are somewhat crude and estimated from the times of the camera exposures at Image and Image, two minutes after the former and eight before the latter. So if you are a boater going at a steady cruising pace the S-bend is about eight minutes into the tunnel from the eastern end...! Image is visible as the speck of light in the distance.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.282844
Longitude
-1.17144