2020

SO6510 : North portal of Blue Rock tunnel

taken 4 years ago, near to Upper Soudley, Gloucestershire, England

North portal of Blue Rock tunnel
North portal of Blue Rock tunnel
The north portal of the tunnel featured in SO6510 : South portal of Blue Rock tunnel. The caption for that picture will also do for this one, so ...
Blue Rock tunnel was built to carry the Forest of Dean Railway through a rocky outcrop between Ruspidge and Soudley; it was the northernmost of three tunnels in quick succession on the route between Bullo and Cinderford.
As with many of the Forest of Dean lines, the history of the railway is, shall we say, involved, marked as it is by tramways, insolvencies, ownership changes, more insolvencies and lord knows what else, but loosely speaking, the Forest of Dean Railway evolved from the failing Bullo Pill Railway which opened as a private four foot gauge tramway in 1810. The FoDR (as distinct from the Forest of Dean Central Railway, a quite different company) rebuilt much of the line, including the building of two tunnels including Blue Rock: Haie Hill tunnel, which had been constructed by the tramway company (and at the time was the longest tunnel in the world at nearly 1100 yards) was enlarged to allow railway use. The line closed in 1967, traffic having dwindled over the preceding few years.

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Geographical Context: Railways Derelict, Disused Area: Forest of Dean Place: Ruspidge Primary Subject: Tunnel other tags: Forest of Dean Railway Disused Railway Tunnel Old Railway Tunnel Click a tag, to view other nearby images.
This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · Blue Rock Tunnel [7] · Railway Line [5] · Haie Hill Tunnel [2] ·
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Photographer
John Winder   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Thursday, 4 June, 2020   (more nearby)
Submitted
Friday, 5 June, 2020
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SO 6528 1095 [10m precision]
WGS84: 51:47.7668N 2:30.2913W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SO 6529 1096
View Direction
South-southwest (about 202 degrees)
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