2015
SP3760 : Glimpse of the landslip west of Harbury Tunnel
taken 10 years ago, near to Harbury, Warwickshire, England
Glimpse of the landslip west of Harbury Tunnel
The land seems to have disappeared to the left of the machines; they're on the edge. A landslip had occurred on the north side of the Harbury Cutting at about 3pm on 31 January 2015. Although not blocked the line was closed in both directions, almost a year since a similar incident in 2014. A request to the contractor's site staff to enter the site to take a photo was politely declined. Network Rail had apparently forbidden outside photography. Photographed 1 February 2015.
Harbury Cutting
Interim information, subject to revision
The deep, curving cutting, about 2·5km long, has the 73 yard Harbury Tunnel at its heart. It was built for the Birmingham and Oxford Junction Railway to broad gauge proportions between 1847 and 1852, reportedly by I.K.Brunel. Originally it was intended to build a longer tunnel, but unstable ground resulted in a cutting 110 feet deep being constructed instead – the deepest man-made cutting in the world at the time. The cutting itself was widened around 1884 because of soil slippage – a problem that has not been entirely solved to this day. Information taken from the Warwickshire Railways website: Link
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- Grid Square
- SP3760, 54 images (more nearby 🔍)
- Photographer
- Robin Stott (more nearby)
- Date Taken
- Sunday, 1 February, 2015 (more nearby)
- Submitted
- Sunday, 1 February, 2015
- Subject Location
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OSGB36:
SP 3780 6031 [10m precision]
WGS84: 52:14.3812N 1:26.8715W - Camera Location
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OSGB36: SP 3783 6031
- View Direction
- WEST (about 270 degrees)
