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The Lapal Tunnel (old spelling Lappal Tunnel) is a disused 3470-metre (11385 ft) canal tunnel on the five mile dry section of the Dudley No. 2 Canal in the West Midlands England. It takes its name from the settlement of Lapal.The narrow brick-lined tunnel built in 1798 by William Underhill had no towpath. It had a very small bore – at 7 feet 9 inches barely wider than the boats which used it with a headroom of only 6 feet.

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length (km)
3470.0
building end year
1798-01-01+02:00
building start year
1798-01-01+02:00
closing year
1917-01-01+02:00
height (cm)
1.8288
location
West Midlands (county), England
waterway through tunnel
Dudley Canal
width (mm)
2.1336
year of construction
1798-01-01+02:00
wgs84_pos#geometry
POINT(-2.0017 52.445)
latitude
52.445
longitude
-2.0017

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