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Wednesday 25 February 2015

Queensbury tunnel Great Northen Railway plus map of location

Below is the northern entrance just outside the
station at Queensbury.
 
 
Here the southern entrance through Strines cutting
 

 
Below the Queensbury platelayers gang in front
of the northern entrance to Queensbury tunnel

 
Here the southern entrance showing the depth of
Strines cutting.

 
The tunnel was nearly two miles long and cost the
lives of two men during its construction.
 
My thanks to the Casserly and Alsop collections for
their views of this magnificent piece of civil engineering
 
 
Above a modern map showing the location of
Queensbury tunnel
 
An excellent video of the tunnel and its building can
be seen at

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