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Norwood Tunnel
 The Eastern Portal of Norwood Tunnel | |
| Overview | |
|---|---|
| Location | Derbyshire / South Yorkshire |
| Coordinates | 53°20′06″N 1°16′11″W / 53.33501°N 1.26971°W |
| OS grid reference | SK486822 |
| Status | collapsed Condition Rebuilding Proposed |
| Waterway | Chesterfield Canal |
| Start | 53°20′15″N 1°15′01″W / 53.33748°N 1.25021°W |
| End | 53°19′57″N 1°17′21″W / 53.33253°N 1.28921°W |
| Operation | |
| Constructed | 1771-1775 |
| Opened | 9 May 1775 |
| Closed | 1907 Collapsed |
| Owner | Chesterfield Canal Company |
| Technical | |
| Design engineer | James Brindley |
| Length | 2,884 yards (2,637 m) |
| Tunnel clearance | 12 ft (3.7 m) |
| Width | 9 feet 3 inches (2.8 m) |
| Towpath | No |
| Boat-passable | No |
Norwood Tunnel was a 2,884-yard-long (1.639 mi; 2,637 m), 9-foot-3-inch-wide (2.82 m) and 12-foot-high (3.7 m) brick (3 million of them)[1] lined canal tunnel on the line of the Chesterfield Canal with its Western Portal in Norwood, Derbyshire and its Eastern Portal in Kiveton, South Yorkshire, England.[2]
- ^ "Whitwell Local History Group". Archived from the original on 29 March 2001.
- ^ "Chesterfield Canal Trust History". Archived from the original on 1 October 2008.
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