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English: Plaque in honour of Thomas Telford This plaque in honour of Thomas Telford was unveild in May 2007
It is located next to the entrance of 2080 The Huddersfield Narrow Canal runs for 20 miles between Huddersfield in West Yorkshire under the Pennines and on to Ashton under Lyne in Greater Manchester. The canal has a total of 74 locks and at its summit the canal is the highest navigable waterway in Britain. Thomas Telford completed the three-mile tunnel in 1811 after 17 years of work and it is one of his most famous achievements. The canal closed in 1948 and it was 53 years before it re-opened again to navigation in May 2001. For more information about The Huddersfield Narrow Canal and more pictures of the Standedge Tunnel click http://www.penninewaterways.co.uk/huddersfield/standedge1.htm |
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Author | Paul Anderson |
Attribution (required by the license) InfoField | Paul Anderson / Plaque in honour of Thomas Telford / |
InfoField | Paul Anderson / Plaque in honour of Thomas Telford |
Camera location | 53° 34′ 05″ N, 1° 59′ 33″ W | View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMap | 53.568110; -1.992600 |
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Object location | 53° 34′ 05″ N, 1° 59′ 33″ W | View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMap | 53.568110; -1.992600 |
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