Template:Did you know nominations/Little Cut

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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 09:56, 15 February 2020 (UTC)

Little Cut

Tunnel remains on the Little Cut
Tunnel remains on the Little Cut
  • ... that the Little Cut, a quarter-mile branch of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal, had the only tunnel containing a towpath (remains pictured) on the entire 127-mile canal? "another branch of a quarter of a mile runs off southward..." (Priestley, 1831, p420); "a branch on the east side of the canal [...] has a tunnel with a footpath, the only such tunnel on the Leeds & Liverpool Canal" (Fisher, 2009, p236)

Created by MIDI (talk). Self-nominated at 15:20, 9 February 2020 (UTC).

  • Article new enough (moved from userspace today) and long enough. Reads neutral, and quite interesting.
  • Passes Earwig's copyvio test.
  • Hook is interesting, and fewer than 200 characters. Verified at [1] and [2]. Assuming good faith for refs I can't access; reference 10 ([3]) confirms "Little Cut"; otherwise the other names seem more commonly used...
  • I like and prefer the use of the image.
  • Nice work, MIDI! One thing I would add (though not required for DYK) is the coordinates of the canal. = paul2520 (talk) 17:00, 9 February 2020 (UTC)
Thanks—have added the coords. Completely an oversight on my part having had this languishing as a draft for a while and never adding them nor categories etc... QPQ now done, you may recognise the article!MIDI (talk) 20:16, 9 February 2020 (UTC)