2015
SP3760 : Harbury Tunnel and Harbury Cutting, 1 February 2015
taken 10 years ago, near to Harbury, Warwickshire, England
Harbury Tunnel and Harbury Cutting, 1 February 2015
A landslip occurred around 3pm the previous afternoon, causing the line to be closed. Soil stabilisation work is being undertaken by a contractor for Network Rail following the landslip of mid-February 2014. The short tunnel supports the B4452 north out of Harbury. Compare a similar view by Ian Rob from 2012 SP3760 : Harbury Cutting.
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 3784 6025 [10m precision]
WGS84: 52:14.3487N 1:26.8367W - Camera Location
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OSGB36: SP 3732 6036
- View Direction
- East-southeast (about 112 degrees)
