Inside the Foulridge Tunnel
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Inside the Foulridge Tunnel
Image: © Stephen Keenan Taken: 23 Aug 2013
Entry to this mile long tunnel on the Leeds and Liverpool Canal is controlled by light signals. Each direction having a ten minute window every hour to enter and twenty minutes to make the passage through. This means that boats tend to go through in a convey.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.877221
Longitude
-2.175036