Summit tunnel (103 yards)
Summit tunnel is a short tunnel at the summit of the Wolverhampton level, part of what is known as the Birmingham Canal Navigations (BCN).
The tunnel was originally brick lined when it opened in 1772 but is now concrete lined.
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| South east portal |
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| North west portal |
Netherton tunnel (3,027 yards)
This was the last canal tunnel to be built in England. It is double width and has a towpath either side. It was opened in 1858 and is brick lined.
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| North east portal |
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| South east portal |
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| South east portal |
Coseley tunnel (360 yards)
The approaches to a tunnel were cut by 1829 and the underground construction carried out during 1835. In 1837 the 360 yards long (329 metres) brick lined tunnel, with a tow-path each side, opened. Now both the north portal, in Ivyhouse Lane, and the south portal, in School Street, are Grade ll listed and industrial traffic has given way to leisure transport on the Birmingham Canal Wolverhampton Level.
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| North Portal |
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| South portal |
A short tunnel on the New Main Line of the Birmingham Canal Navigations. It can be found when heading north west out of the centre of Birmingham where the A4168 crosses the canal.
Just a hundred yards to the north is Summit Tunnel (see Waymark) which is on the Wolverhampton level.
The tunnel was built by cut and cover over semi-circular concrete arches.
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