IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
Mile End Close, COLNE, BB8 7LD
Introduction
This page details the photographs taken nearby to Mile End Close, BB8 7LD by members of the Geograph project.
The Geograph project started in 2005 with the aim of publishing, organising and preserving representative images for every square kilometre of Great Britain, Ireland and the Isle of Man.
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Image Map
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Notes
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Image Listing (191 Images Found)
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Green for go
Lights controlling the entrance to Foulridge Tunnel
Image: © Andrew Abbott
Taken: 12 Oct 2010
0.02 miles
2
The northern approach to Foulridge Tunnel
Image: © Raymond Knapman
Taken: 24 Jun 2009
0.02 miles
3
Houses above the entrance to Foulridge Canal Tunnel
Image: © Andrew Abbott
Taken: 12 Oct 2010
0.03 miles
4
Entrance to Foulridge Tunnel
The entrance in this light resembles a gaping mouth.
Image: © Bill Boaden
Taken: 3 Dec 2016
0.03 miles
5
Foulridge, Lancashire: Track of former railway
See Image This is the trackbed, looking north towards Skipton. Although overgrown, there does not appear to be any great obstacle to reinstatement of the railway. The biggest problem would be replacement of the girder bridge over the canal, removed for scrap only about 20 years ago.
Image: © Dr Neil Clifton
Taken: 12 Apr 2010
0.03 miles
6
Leeds and Liverpool Canal, Foulridge, Lancashire
The mouth of the mile-long Foulridge Tunnel can just be seen.
Image: © Dr Neil Clifton
Taken: 12 Aug 1992
0.03 miles
7
Entering Foulridge Tunnel
A short boat is just going in. There should be a clear passage through the tunnel..many years ago, a cow swam right through and made it to the far end, still alive.
Image: © Dr Neil Clifton
Taken: 20 Apr 1973
0.03 miles
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Foulridge tunnel
The eastern portal of the mile long Foulridge tunnel is over looked by houses on the appropriately named Mile End Close.
The tunnel was designed by Robert Whitworth, canal engineer and took 5 years to complete costing over £20,000. It is “one way working,” as there is not room for two narrowboats and as there is no towpath the boats had to be “legged” through. The men lay on the bows and walked the boats through, meeting the horses, that had been walked over the top, at the other end.
In 1880 a Legger died putting an end to the practice here and a steam tug was introduced which was replaced by diesel boats in 1937. The tunnel was then controlled by tunnel keepers using a telephone and the traffic lights were introduced in 1963 on a time switch. See Image
Image: © Kate Jewell
Taken: 21 Mar 2010
0.03 miles
9
Approaching Foulridge Tunnel
The eastern portal of Foulridge Tunnel is in the village from which it takes its name. As can be seen, the tunnel has traffic lights to control passage, which is just as well, because double-width barges (c. 14' wide) use this canal and virtually fill the tunnel widthwise - and after the lights had turned green and we started to head towards the portal, a blast of a horn announced the appearance of such a barge ! Head-on collision thus averted !
Modern houses can be seen climbing the bank on the northern side of the canal. For a closer view of the entrance see Image]
Image: © Rob Farrow
Taken: 25 Jun 2011
0.03 miles
10
Northeast portal of the Foulridge Tunnel
The tunnel is 1630 yards in length and was opened 3 May 1796.
Image: © Mat Fascione
Taken: 28 Jun 2016
0.03 miles