Islington Tunnel. Completed 1819, by James Morgan, Engineer of the Regent's Canal, and the major work of his life. It is 960 yards long. Built from shafts sunk from above then opened up into a heading (small tunnel). It is perfectly straight, in 1819 quite an achievement. There are about three million bricks in the tunnel. At first worked by manual legging, but from 1826 to 1927 it was worked by steam tug which pulled itself and boats along by winding a fixed chain around a drum on board. After that diesel tugs were used.
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The end of the wapwalk. Go up onto road, turn south (cross the bridge over the canal) walk past Canal 125 pub and turn right into All Saints Street. Go to the end and arrive at the museum. We hope you have enjoyed the wapwalk - do visit the museum. If your phone can play an MP3 audio file you can download an audio guide to the museum.
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