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hilofoz: 5 mins walk on the towpath to Tunnel End
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hilofoz: Approaching Tunnel End Railway Bridge
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hilofoz: Welcome to Britain’s longest, highest, deepest canal tunnel
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hilofoz: Tunnel End Railway Bridge
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hilofoz: Trip boats moored in front of the exhibition warehouse
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hilofoz: Approaching Tunnel End Footbridge
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hilofoz: Tunnel End Footbridge, Standege Tunnel portal and the Waterside Café
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hilofoz: Tunnel preparations in front of the Waterside Café
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hilofoz: The first boat enters the tunnel
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hilofoz: You are now entering the Standedge Marsden Portal
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hilofoz: Waiting for the go ahead
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hilofoz: Tunnel dress up time
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hilofoz: The wide entrance to the Standedge Tunnel accommodating the Reservoir Overspill Bridge
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hilofoz: Aim for the eye
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hilofoz: The Standedge Tunnel is wide at the start, allowing for the railway to cross over
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hilofoz: The Standedge Tunnel gets narrow
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hilofoz: Width and height changes in the Standedge Tunnel
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hilofoz: The tunnel narrows again here
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hilofoz: The first ventilation shaft in the Standedge Tunnel
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hilofoz: Approaching the reinforcing arches in the Standedge Tunnel
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hilofoz: Reinforcing arches in the Standedge Tunnel
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hilofoz: Close look at the reinforcing arches in this section the Standedge Tunnel
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hilofoz: The red brick section of the Standedge Tunnel
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hilofoz: More symbols on the roof of the Standedge Tunnel about as far as the trip boat went
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hilofoz: The height and width changes again
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hilofoz: Darker and more irregular brickwork approaching another change
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hilofoz: Regular brickwork in this wider section of the Standedge Tunnel
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hilofoz: Markings near the next change the Standedge Tunnel
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hilofoz: Approaching a rocky section of the Standedge Tunnel
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hilofoz: A combination of raw rock, brick and stone in the Standedge Tunnel