Islington Tunnel

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Islington Tunnel is a historic, nearly mile-long canal tunnel in North London that carries the Regent’s Canal beneath the borough of Islington.

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Label Occurrences
Islington Tunnel canonical 2

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf canal tunnel ⓘ
transport infrastructure ⓘ
architectEngineer James Morgan ⓘ
builtFor Regent’s Canal Company ⓘ
connects Camden area to Islington along Regent’s Canal ⓘ
constructionEnd 1818 ⓘ
constructionMaterial brick ⓘ
constructionStart 1815 ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
crossesUnder Angel area of Islington ⓘ
Upper Street ⓘ
currentBoatPropulsion self-propelled craft ⓘ
currentUse leisure boating ⓘ
tourist waterway ⓘ
endPoint near Colebrooke Row ⓘ
feature arched brick portals ⓘ
ventilation shafts ⓘ
hasLighting yes ⓘ
hasNo towpath ⓘ
hasTrafficControl yes ⓘ
heritageRegister National Heritage List for England ⓘ
heritageStatus Grade II listed structure ⓘ
historicalSignificance early 19th-century canal engineering work ⓘ
historicalUse industrial freight transport ⓘ
laterBoatPropulsion mechanical tugs ⓘ
length approximately 878 metres ⓘ
approximately 960 yards ⓘ
locatedIn England ⓘ
Islington ⓘ
London ⓘ
linked to: London, England

North London ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
manages navigable canal traffic ⓘ
navigationAuthority Canal & River Trust ⓘ
nearbyArea Angel ⓘ
Barnsbury ⓘ
openingDate 1818 ⓘ
originalBoatPropulsion legging ⓘ
owner Canal & River Trust ⓘ
partOf Regent’s Canal ⓘ
partOfRoute Grand Union Canal network ⓘ
linked to: Grand Union Canal
passesUnder London Borough of Islington ⓘ
safetyRequirement powered craft only ⓘ
startPoint near Caledonian Road ⓘ
status in use ⓘ
waterway Regent’s Canal ⓘ
waterwayType narrow canal ⓘ

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Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Regent’s Canal → hasStructure → Islington Tunnel ⓘ
Maida Hill Tunnel → isSimilarTo → Islington Tunnel ⓘ