The Mile Tunnel

In 1796, after five years of excavating, the Foulridge (or "Mile") Tunnel section (1500m/1650 yards) of the Leeds-Liverpool canal was opened. Because the tunnel is so long and there is no towpath for a horse to pull the barges through, between 1880 and 1937 a steam boat tugged barges through. Before 1880 me used to "leg it" through the tunnel. This meant that the crew would lie on their backs and push the barge through by "walking" along the ceiling of the tunnel. In the Hole-in-the-Corner pub is a picture of a cow that fell into the canal and managed to swim the entire length of the tunnel!
This is my daughter and her friend on a barge trip through the tunnel