Bruce tunnel (502 yards)
This is a two way tunnel without a towpath. Horses were led over the top of the hill whilst boats were legged through. The tunnel is also known as Savernake tunnel as that is the nearest village.
The Bruce Tunnel is on the summit pound of the canal between Wootton Top Lock and Crofton Locks in Wiltshire, England which is 452 feet above sea level. It is brick lined and was opened in 1810.
This is the only tunnel on the canal and it is 502 yards (459 m) long. It is named after Thomas Brudenell-Bruce, 1st Earl of Ailesbury (1729–1814), the local landowner, who, when the canal was being built, would not allow a deep cutting through his land, and insisted on a tunnel instead.
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