2007

NX9718 : Bransty-Corkickle railway tunnel

taken 18 years ago, near to Whitehaven, Cumbria, England

This is 1 of 6 images, with title starting with Bransty in this square
Bransty-Corkickle railway tunnel
Bransty-Corkickle railway tunnel
A fine piece of engineering - a tunnel about one kilometre long running under the town. As a matter of further interest: running over the top of the tunnel [behind the parapet in the picture] is the line followed by one of the earliest railways ever built - the "waggon way" carrying iron-clad wooden rails which allowed horse-drawn transport of coal from William Pit to the harbour.

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Category: Industrial heritage > Industrial heritage
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NX9718, 359 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Harold Potts   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Sunday, 17 June, 2007   (more nearby)
Submitted
Sunday, 16 September, 2007
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! NX 974 187 [100m precision]
WGS84: 54:33.2244N 3:35.2548W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! NX 973 188
View Direction
East-southeast (about 112 degrees)
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