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| First day at Standedge Tunnel and Visitor Centre |
Tunnel End, Marsden, on opening day.
Photo: Martin Milsom
The interior of the newly opened Standedge Visitor Centre.
Photo: Martin Milsom
Visitors can try their hand, or rather, their foot, at legging!
Photo: Martin Milsom
Tunnel End Cottages have been re-generated into the "Watersedge" cafe / pub.
Photo: Gary Metcalfe
Included in the admission charge to the Visitor Centre is a 30 minute boat trip into the tunnel. The HCS boat, Pioneer, is being used for this purpose until the specially built vessels arrive.
Photo: Martin Milsom
Inside Pioneer, the guide explains about the tunnel.
Photo: Richard Feeney
Photo: Richard Feeney
The tug tows Pioneer back out of the tunnel.
Photo: Dave Hill
Members of the Horseboating Society with a reminder of the way goods were transported across Standedge during the tunnel's construction.
Grateful thanks to Martin Milsom, Richard Feeney, Dave Hill and Gary Metcalfe for their photographs on this page.
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