2015

SP3760 : Bull Ring Farm Road drops down to cross the railway, Harbury

taken 9 years ago, near to Harbury, Warwickshire, England

Bull Ring Farm Road drops down to cross the railway, Harbury
Bull Ring Farm Road drops down to cross the railway, Harbury
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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: LinkExternal link

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Geographical Context: Lowlands Village, Rural settlement Roads, Road transport Place: Harbury other tags: Cutting Lane Click a tag, to view other nearby images.
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SP3760, 54 images   (more nearby 🔍)
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Robin Stott   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Sunday, 1 February, 2015   (more nearby)
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Sunday, 1 February, 2015
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SP 3732 6030 [10m precision]
WGS84: 52:14.3778N 1:27.2933W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SP 3735 6007
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