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Boats using Standedge Tunnel
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It had been an ambition of many boaters to take their boats through Standedge Tunnel once it was restored. Many were disappointed not able to do so under their own power as, for safety reasons, boats are towed through by electric tugs. Poor ventilation means that diesel engines cannot be used.
Boats are towed through in a convoy of up to four full length narrowboats. The convoy includes a passenger module for the boat crews and foot passengers.
Boats wait at Diggle portal for passage through Standedge Tunnel.
A passenger module pushed by a small electric tug leads a convoy of boats out of the Diggle portal.
Boats are protected from damage by projecting rocks with thick rubber sheets.
Boats are attached to each other during the tunnel passage by these specially designed boat separators.
A boat separator.
The first boats through the tunnel emerging from the Marsden portal in May 2001.
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