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The Standedge Tunnels are four parallel tunnels beneath the Pennines in northern England. Three are railway tunnels and the other a canal tunnel located at the Standedge (pronounced Stannige) crossing point between Marsden and Diggle across the boundary between the West Yorkshire and Greater Manchester conurbations.

Standedge_Tunnel_End_Marsden_West_Yorkshire.jpg
length (km)
5029.2
architect
Thomas Telford
building end year
1811-01-01+02:00
building start year
1794-01-01+02:00
closing year
1944-01-01+02:00
location
Standedge
opening year
1811-01-01+02:00
owner
British Waterways
picture
Marsden West Yorkshire
rebuilding year
2001-01-01+02:00
waterway through tunnel
Huddersfield Narrow Canal
year of construction
1794-01-01+02:00
wgs84_pos#geometry
POINT(-1.96219 53.5911)
latitude
53.5911
longitude
-1.96219

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