Blisworth Tunnel

E320705
canal tunnel transport infrastructure

Blisworth Tunnel is one of the longest navigable canal tunnels in Britain, carrying the Grand Union Canal beneath the Northamptonshire countryside.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Blisworth Tunnel canonical 2
Blisworth Tunnel southern portal 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf canal tunnel ⓘ
transport infrastructure ⓘ
carries Grand Union Canal ⓘ
connects Blisworth ⓘ
Stoke Bruerne ⓘ
constructionEndDate 1805 ⓘ
constructionStartDate 1793 ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
engineer William Jessop ⓘ
hasConstructionMaterial brick ⓘ
stone ⓘ
hasLength approximately 1.75 miles ⓘ
approximately 2813 metres ⓘ
approximately 3076 yards ⓘ
hasLighting no fixed internal lighting ⓘ
hasMaximumAirDraft suitable for narrowboats ⓘ
hasMaximumBeam narrow canal gauge ⓘ
hasNorthernPortalAt Blisworth ⓘ
hasNumberOfPortals 2 ⓘ
hasSouthernPortalAt Stoke Bruerne ⓘ
hasTowpath false ⓘ
hasTraffic leisure boats ⓘ
narrowboats ⓘ
hasUse navigation ⓘ
recreational boating ⓘ
hasVentilationShafts true ⓘ
heritageStatus important industrial heritage structure ⓘ
isNavigable true ⓘ
isOn Grand Union Canal ⓘ
surface form: Grand Union Canal Leicester Line route to Midlands
isOneOfLongestNavigableCanalTunnelsIn Great Britain ⓘ
surface form: Britain
isPartOf British canal network ⓘ
isStillInUse true ⓘ
isStraight true ⓘ
laterUsedTugBoats true ⓘ
locatedIn England ⓘ
Northamptonshire ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
nearbyAttraction Stoke Bruerne Canal Museum ⓘ
opened 1805 ⓘ
originallyLeggedThrough true ⓘ
ownedBy Canal & River Trust ⓘ
partOf Grand Union Canal ⓘ
surface form: Grand Union Canal main line
passesNear village of Blisworth ⓘ
village of Stoke Bruerne ⓘ
passesUnder A508 road NERFINISHED ⓘ
requiresBoatsToCarryLights true ⓘ
runsBeneath Northamptonshire countryside ⓘ
waterway Grand Union Canal ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Grand Union Canal → hasTunnel → Blisworth Tunnel ⓘ
Stoke Bruerne Locks → connectsTo → Blisworth Tunnel ⓘ
Stoke Bruerne Locks → hasNearbyLandmark → Blisworth Tunnel ⓘ
this entity surface form: Blisworth Tunnel southern portal