An electric tug and passenger module manoeuvre into position at the Diggle portal of Standedge Tunnel.
Electric tugs tow convoys of up to four boats through the tunnel. Boat crews ride in an accompanying passenger module. When the tunnel was constructed, it had no towpath, so the boats had to be propelled through the tunnel by human leg power. The leggers would lie on boards across the boat and walk along the tunnel sides or the roof.
The convoy enters the tunnel.
Photo: Richard Feeney
An electric tug emerging from the Standedge Tunnel portal at Marsden.
A passenger module in the Marsden portal. Tunnel End Cottages on the right now offer cafe facilities.
