CRT/COW

Black & White photographic image of 'the cow which swam the length of the Foulridge Mile Tunnel in 1912'

Description

Label on front 'THIS COW, owned by Mr R Brown, Blue Slate Farm, swam the full length of Foulridge Mile Tunnel, Sept 24th 1912'

Date

24/09/1912

Reference code

CRT/COW

Administrative / Biographical history

Local folklore says that in 1912 a cow named Buttercup fell into the canal at the Barrowford end of the Foulridge tunnel on the Huddersfield Canal and swam through to the other end of the tunnel. The exhausted swimmer was revived with alcohol and a photograph in the nearby Hole in the Wall pub recorded the incident. The caption with the picture stated 'This cow owned by Mr R Brown, Blue Slate Farm, swam the full length of the Foulridge Mile Tunnel, September 24th 1912' (It is assumed that this item is that photograph)