"Hidden underneath the streets of Paris - almost forgotten among the catacombs, sewers, and metro tunnels - is an old subterranean canal..."
https://youtu.be/8uFbPgFqeGI?si=Pe9JWgqu6xWwsOtd
On 16/10/2024 08:28, Martin Nicholas wrote:
Interesting - but not what I was expecting. This is (basically) just a conventional cut & cover canal tunnel on a conventional waterway.
"Hidden underneath the streets of Paris - almost forgotten among the
catacombs, sewers, and metro tunnels - is an old subterranean canal..."
https://youtu.be/8uFbPgFqeGI?si=Pe9JWgqu6xWwsOtd
What has fascinated me is those underground canals which were built
entirely underground for (eg) mining operations and carried boat
traffic. The only one I am still aware of that can be (publically)
boated in the UK is at the Speedwell Mine in Castleton Derbyshire.
There were a number of others and somewhere online there is a map of
same (I will dig out the link if anyone is interested). Most notably at
the Magpie Mine (where the head workings are preserved) - also in
Derbyshire. Elsewhere, for example, there was an underground canal at Holywell in North Wales on the west bank of the Dee (which became a
Victorian tourist attraction) and, possibly most fascinating of all, an underground coal mining canal from Neston, near Chester, which actually
ran under the Dee. This was therefore a navigable canal under a
navigable waterway - the Dee estuary!
I would be interested to hear of any others.
Chris--
On 16/10/2024 10:05, chrisnd @ukrw wrote:
On 16/10/2024 08:28, Martin Nicholas wrote:You missed out the start of the Canal Age in the UK. The Duke of Bridgewater's canal which took his coal into Manchester. The coal went
Interesting - but not what I was expecting.-a This is (basically) just a
"Hidden underneath the streets of Paris - almost forgotten among the
catacombs, sewers, and metro tunnels - is an old subterranean canal..."
https://youtu.be/8uFbPgFqeGI?si=Pe9JWgqu6xWwsOtd
conventional cut & cover canal tunnel on a conventional waterway.
What has fascinated me is those underground canals which were built
entirely underground for (eg) mining operations and carried boat
traffic.-a The only one I am still aware of that can be (publically)
boated in the UK is at the Speedwell Mine in Castleton Derbyshire.
There were a number of others and somewhere online there is a map of
same (I will dig out the link if anyone is interested).-a Most notably at
the Magpie Mine (where the head workings are preserved) - also in
Derbyshire.-a-a Elsewhere, for example, there was an underground canal at
Holywell in North Wales on the west bank of the Dee (which became a
Victorian tourist attraction) and, possibly most fascinating of all, an
underground coal mining canal from Neston, near Chester, which actually
ran under the Dee. This was therefore a navigable canal under a
navigable waterway - the Dee estuary!
I would be interested to hear of any others.
from the coalface straight into the boats, and after the canal was
finished, on in to Manchester.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Worsley_Navigable_Levels
On 16/10/2024 10:15, John Williamson wrote:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Worsley_Navigable_Levels
Of course, yes. This counts :-)
I wasn't intending to give a complete list but looking for those not
commonly mentioned/recorded.
I shall obviously have to dig out the previously mentioned link!
Watch this space...
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