Narrow Boat Entering Netherton Tunnel Tividale Oldbury West Midlands England UK

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This View is the North Portal Netherton Tunnel was the last canal tunnel to be built in Britain during the Canal Age. The first sod was turned by the Lord Ward on 31 December 1855 and the canal opened on 20 August 1858, providing a waterway connection between the Black Country towns of Netherton and Tipton. It was built to relieve the bottleneck of the adjacent Dudley Tunnel which is very narrow, has alternating blocks of one-way working, and had waiting times of eight hours or more, and sometimes several days.

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Size: 4368px × 2912px
Location: Tividale Oldbury West Midlands England UK
Photo credit: © Jon Lewis / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: branch, canal, narroboat, netherton, tunnel