General Information
| Completion: | 1796 |
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| Status: | in use |
Project Type
| Structure: |
Tunnel |
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| Function / usage: |
Canal tunnel |
Location
| Location: |
Braunston, Northamptonshire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom |
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| Part of: | |
| Coordinates: | 52° 17' 4.44" N 1° 11' 5.96" W |
| Coordinates: | 52° 16' 52.42" N 1° 9' 28.10" W |
Technical Information
Dimensions
| tunnel length | 1 867.2 m |
Excerpt from Wikipedia
Braunston Tunnel is on the Grand Union Canal about 830 yds (760 m) east of Braunston, Northamptonshire, England top lock. It is in the northern outskirts of Daventry, about 2 km east of the village of Braunston.
Braunston Tunnel is 2,042 yards (1,867 m) in length. Built by Jessop and Barnes, the tunnel has no towpath and is 4.8m wide by 3.76m high.
It was opened in 1796. Its construction was delayed by soil movement and it was probably the resulting[ clarification needed] movement that led to the tunnel having a slight 'S' bend. There is room for two 7 ft (2.13 m) beam boats to pass. There are three air shafts along its length.
The tunnel passes underground alongside another Grand Union Canal feature, Drayton Reservoir, from which the feeder enters the canal at the east end of the tunnel.
Text imported from Wikipedia article "Braunston Tunnel" and modified on July 23, 2019 according to the CC-BY-SA 4.0 International license.
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data sheet - Structure-ID
20009184 - Published on:
26/04/2003 - Last updated on:
28/05/2021
