Gosty Hill Tunnel

 Gosty Hill Tunnel 

One of two very narrow tunnels on there Dudley No2 Canal. The longer one at Lapal collapsed in the early 1900's but its smaller sister survives on the Dudley No2 Canal and was used to access Stewart and Lloyd's tube works and basin till it closed in the early 1960's.

These days it is still used at access the extensive moorings ion Hawne Basin.

It is notable for its varied height, sometimes cavernous and sometimes very low, but also for its very limited depth and width. All this makes for a very slow passage and the old tug captains used to go below to make a brew leaving the boats to inch through themselves.

The building seen at the northern end was a boathouse for a tunnel tug - now just a silted inlet.

Gosty Hill Tunnel in 1966 - Ian Husselbee (RCHS archive)

1966 Ian Husselbee (RCHS Archive)

The above photos have been assembled from various sources, including those freely found on the internet. My thanks go to the many photographers alive and dead who have contributed to this collection and in so doing, are keeping the memory of these lost canals alive. These images are reproduced for ease of research are are not necessarily the property of this blog, and as such should not be used for commercial gain without the explicit permission of the owner (whoever that may be).