tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-367296273511467142.post4950681733722727830..comments2024-03-19T22:19:20.357+00:00Comments on Captain Ahab's Watery Tales: Wombidge Canal - Wombridge ArmAndy Tidyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05297448211000021970noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-367296273511467142.post-49497783237976434302018-03-09T21:11:15.010+00:002018-03-09T21:11:15.010+00:00went down the tunnel many times when we were kids ...went down the tunnel many times when we were kids granddad remembered it coming out into the field next to the church more like covered over shallow cutting than a tunnel not sure the reason it was needed was not very deep at any point and must have been dug cut and cover we often wondered if it was to hide canal from the farmhouse alongside Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10473999179886885061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-367296273511467142.post-35152377399124361122012-02-07T18:48:17.170+00:002012-02-07T18:48:17.170+00:00Hi,
some info for you.
The canal tunnel was acce...Hi,<br /><br />some info for you.<br /><br />The canal tunnel was accessible in the 1960's, during the time of the demolition of the farm, 1967, a small portion of the roof collapsed just inside the Farm perimeter wall. As children three of us explored this tunnel in both directions - northerly took you almost up to the Wombridge road - the other direction taken you back along the farmfield for about thirty or forty feet. the canal by then had been partially filled in with soil & rubble however we were able to stand up inside the tunnel whilst exploring (we were around 9 to 11 years old at the time so no more than 5 foot tall).<br /><br />The line of the tunnel is not as you have pictured, to the right of Bollingal Avenue, but nearer Wombridge Road; The end house of Priory road had a plot of land adjacent to it which was almost opposite the roof cave in. You can see this site on Google Earth by the difference in the housebuild - all the houses along the road have garages built in apart from the two newer ones.<br /><br />Also of interest was the remains of a culvert nearer to the valley pool (on your map it would be approximately by the F.P between the two banks south of the pool.<br />The culvert was made of the same brick as used in the tunnel, & I always believed it was a further length of the tunnel. In hindsight the land would have been 10 to 15 feet lower at that point than the canal. Again this had been filled in, however we were able to crawl through it until age & growth made us to big to enter. It was only a short piece of culvert - no more than 20 foot - but definitely followed the line of the tunnel if looking back towards the Farm.<br /><br />hope you find this info useful<br /><br />PascalPascalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00229038642644991535noreply@blogger.com