1. Residential area of Halesowen:
The Lapal area sits to the East of the Lapal Canal, to the North of Lapal Lane South up to what is now the M5 motorway, to the South West of Carters Lane and Kent Road, and to the South East of Mucklow Hill.
Most of the houses were built between 1930 and 1980. In the late 1970s the large Abbeyfields estate was built alongside the currently disused portion of the Dudley Canal, adding to its already extensive owner-occupier housing stock.
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2. Canal tunnel in the West Midlands
The Lapal Tunnel (old spelling Lappal Tunnel) is a disused 3,470 m canal tunnel on the five mile dry section of the Dudley No. 2 Canal in the West Midlands, England.
It takes its name from the settlement of Lapal.
The narrow brick-lined tunnel, built in 1798 by William Underhill, had no towpath.
It had a very small bore — at 7 feet 9 inches, barely wider than the boats which used it, with a headroom of only 6 feet.
Boats originally took about three hours to complete the passage by legging or poling, so in 1841 a steam engine was built at the Halesowen end which drove a scoop wheel to load the tunnel with water.
Stop gates could be opened at either end to assist boats along the tunnel in either direction.
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