2008

SE3116 : Criggleston tunnel

taken 15 years ago, near to Crigglestone, Wakefield, England

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Criggleston tunnel
Criggleston tunnel
Looking back towards the West portal in the direction of the M1 motorway.

Criggleston is a relatively short tunnel at only 250 yds long.
These days it sits in a hard to reach, secluded cutting with cars passing by on the M1 only a 100 yards away.
Crigglestone tunnel was built by the Midland railway company in 1906, and closed to traffic in 1950.
The line ran from Hunslet Lane, Leeds to Dewsbury Savile Town goods via Crigglestone (goods) & Middletown (goods)
It had a connection with the Calder Valley line at Thornhill.

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This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · Midland Railway [6] · Looking [4] Title Clusters: · Criggleston tunnel [2] ·
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SE3116, 85 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
philld   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Sunday, 30 November, 2008   (more nearby)
Submitted
Tuesday, 2 December, 2008
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SE 310 162 [100m precision]
WGS84: 53:38.5217N 1:31.9364W
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OSGB36: geotagged! SE 310 162
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West-northwest (about 292 degrees)
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