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The Chesterfield Canal - a virtual
Tour,
part 3: Norwood - Shireoaks |
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The canal from Shireoaks to the eastern portal of Norwood Tunnel was
restored and reopened in 2003 after more than seventy years of disuse.
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Norwood Tunnel
As a committed member of the Trust but without much spare
time I was lucky to be present when British Waterways launched
a boat into the Eastern portal. The boat was aluminium powered
by an electric motor and battery. Signalling was by air horns
between the two-man crew and a safety engineer left outside,
in case of any foul air or gas in the tunnel. They navigated
right up to the Oct 1907 collapse and reported the extremely
good condition of the navigated section. When they left, they
left a metal cover over the entrance but within 3 days vandals
had removed this so I phoned BW and the entrance was rebricked.
Mike Sampson.
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The feeder stream from Harthill and Pebley
Reservoirs falls into the canal on the summit pound near Kiveton
Park Station.
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The view from Dog Kennel Bridge (by Kiveton
Park Station) looking toward Norwood Tunnel in 1989 - The
first ever CCS work party on BW property.
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