West Portal Of Gannow Tunnel

Date:
3 Apr 2003
Location:
West Portal Of Gannow Tunnel, Cog Lane, Burnley, Lancashire, BB12 6TT
Reference:
IOE01/07405/31
Type:
Photograph (Digital)
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Description

This information is taken from the statutory List as it was in 2001 and may not be up to date.

BURNLEY

SD8232NW COG LANE, Rose Grove 906-1/13/232 (West side) 29/09/77 West portal of Gannow Tunnel

II

Portal of Gannow tunnel of Leeds-Liverpool Canal. c1797-1801. Engineer, Samuel Fletcher. Coursed squared punch-dressed sandstone blocks. Semicircular arch with rusticated voussoirs and channelled pilasters, these and the spandrels between them decorated with a sort of hieroglyphic "vermiculation"; a plain band, and coped parapet; slightly concave full-height abutments; oval number plate "128" on the right-hand abutment.









Listing NGR: SD8244132561

Content

This is part of the Series: IOE01/1966 IOE Records taken by Peter J Sturtivant; within the Collection: IOE01 Images Of England

Rights

© Mr Peter J. Sturtivant. Source: Historic England Archive

This photograph was taken for the Images of England project

People & Organisations

Photographer: Sturtivant, Peter J.

Rights Holder: Sturtivant, Peter J.

Keywords

Sandstone, Georgian Tunnel Portal, Transport