Talk:Sapperton Canal Tunnel

Categories
The category "Canals in England" has been removed from this article on the grounds of redundancy. The counter argument is that an article needs to be advertised in as many relevant categories as possible so that the maximum number of interested parties can find it. Instead of continuing to revert other editor's changes over and again I have opened this issue for discussion here. Martin Cordon 16:09, 15 March 2007 (UTC)


 * This issue is already being discussed on my talk page. Andy Mabbett 16:52, 15 March 2007 (UTC)

Coordinates
I've added coordinates for one portal; can anyone provide them for the other, and the mid-point, please? Andy Mabbett (User:Pigsonthewing); Andy's talk; Andy's edits 14:25, 29 November 2008 (UTC)


 * I tried to add them but it got garbled. Here are the numbers: 51.7162|-2.0566 coordinates for midpoint; 51.7041|-2.0504 coordinates for Coates portal. I hope someone knows what to do with them. BTW, I tweaked the Daneway portal as it seemed a bit off too me on Google satellite. Derek Andrews (talk) 21:57, 29 November 2008 (UTC)


 * Thank you. I've added them here. Your problem was with the "display" property of coord. Andy Mabbett (User:Pigsonthewing); Andy's talk; Andy's edits 22:20, 29 November 2008 (UTC)


 * The midpoint coordinate has a copy error or typo: Research elsewhere indicates this is a straight tunnel, as I'd expect anyway, but the midpoint coordinates would make it quite angled and would be far from midpoint anyway.  If I correct the longitude to -2.0666, it works out.  I'll make that edit and will let someone else tweak it. Eric Sobocinski 13:25, 1 November 2011 (UTC)
 * I see that the coordinates are given as degrees to four places of decimals, which is about 11 metres. See WP:OPCOORD: for a feature over 3 km long, it's misleading to give coordinates to an accuracy greater than 300 metres, so degrees to three places of decimals (or degrees and minutes to one-tenth of a minute of arc) is quite sufficient. -- Red rose64 (talk) 17:53, 1 November 2011 (UTC)

Merging material from Sapperton railway tunnel
There was confusion: one article on both tunnels, and this one on the canal tunnel only. So I switched them around, and am tidying up the railway tunnel article. Meanwhile, the following is text that I have not yet checked against this article, so I am parking it here temporarily.

"...remains the fourth longest canal tunnel after Standedge, Yorkshire; Strood, Kent; and the Lapal Tunnel near Halesowen. The biggest engineering feature of the canal, it has now fallen into disrepair.

"...The tunnel is at the summit level of the canal, 362 feet (110 m) above sea level, on the 8.1 mile (13.0 km) pound between the summit locks at Daneway and Siddington. The Eastern portal of the tunnel is near Coates and Tarlton, 51.7041°N, -2.0504°W. The western portal of the tunnel is in the steep-sided Frome river valley between Sapperton and Daneway.51.7288°N, -2.083°W

"...After completion there were problems, and the tunnel was shut for two and a half months during 1790 for further work to be carried out. The summit level was completed in 1787, and became operational as soon as the tunnel opened."

There is also some confusion over the length of the Lapal tunnel, and whether the Sapperton is 2nd, 3rd, or 4th! Imaginatorium (talk) 07:20, 24 March 2014 (UTC)

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Longest tunnel in England?
''it was the longest tunnel of any kind in England from 1789 to 1811. ''

This seems a curious statement - was there a longer tunnel elsewhere in the UK? Or somewhere in Europe? I can't find evidence for one.

I actually wondered if Sapperton was one of the longest tunnels in the world when built. The only one I can find that's definitely longer, and older, is the Roman Gadara Aqueduct. Could our tunnel be in second place? ElectronicsForDogs (talk) 09:30, 12 June 2023 (UTC)