Waiting by Woodley Tunnel
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Waiting by Woodley Tunnel
Image: © Gerald England Taken: 8 May 2015
Aboard Community Spirit at Woodley. We are moored by the entrance of the tunnel while some of the crew have walked into Woodley to get some fish and chips for lunch before travelling through the tunnel. Woodley Tunnel on the Peak Forest Canal is 153 metres long; method of working is two way traffic; approximate travel time through the tunnel is 1 min 30 secs. "Community Spirit" is a 52ft long, 6ft 10ins wide narrowboat with a steel hull and weighs 13 tons. It was built by the East Manchester Community Boat Project which was founded in 1994. http://www.emcbp.org.uk/
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Image Location
Latitude
53.426372
Longitude
-2.09793