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SP9413 : Tring Cutting : View northwestwards

near to New Mill, Hertfordshire, Great Britain

Tring Cutting : View northwestwards

Taken from the railway bridge on Marshcroft Lane on the outskirts of Tring. Tring Cutting is one of the deepest in Britain and when it was excavated in the 1830s it was considered one of the modern "Wonders of the World". It is about 2½ miles long with an average depth of about 40' (12m). This line was the first railway to be built into London and terminated, as it does now, at Euston Station, though in this photo we are viewing "down" the line, i.e. away from London as it heads off for Rugby and stations North. This line is now part of the West Coast Main Line. To see the view towards London see SP9413 : Tring Cutting : View southeastwards.
For views of the bridge from which this was taken, see SP9413 : Marshcroft Lane railway bridge : View NE & SP9413 : Marshcroft Lane railway bridge : View SW
Interesting information about the cutting and a lithograph of its construction at Link

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Grid Square: SP9413, 22 images (more nearby)
Photographer: Rob Farrow (find more nearby)
Image classification: Geograph
Date Taken: Sunday, 26 April, 2009 (more nearby)
Submitted: Monday, 27 April, 2009
Category: Railway (more nearby)
Subject Location: OSGB36: SP 9419 1343 [10m precision]
WGS84: 51:48.6947N 0:38.1073W
Photographer Location: OSGB36: SP 9432 1326
View Direction: Northwest (about 315 degrees)