North Portal To Clay Cross Railway Tunnel

Clay Cross Tunnel, near to Clay Cross, Derbyshire, Great Britain. This is Clay Cross Tunnel which is of Moorish design and grade 2 listed. The tunnel was completed in 1839 by George Stephenson and is 1,784 yards long and Clay Cross High Street is 150 feet above the line. The tunnel eventually cost �140,000 instead of �98,000 with the lost of 15 lives. As the tunnel was bored out they found coal and iron in large amounts and so George Stephenson opened Clay Cross Company.
Clay Cross Tunnel, near to Clay Cross, Derbyshire, Great Britain. This is Clay Cross Tunnel which is of Moorish design and grade 2 listed. The tunnel was completed in 1839 by George Stephenson and is 1,784 yards long and Clay Cross High Street is 150 feet above the line. The tunnel eventually cost �140,000 instead of �98,000 with the lost of 15 lives. As the tunnel was bored out they found coal and iron in large amounts and so George Stephenson opened Clay Cross Company. Author: Tony Hawes, License: CC BY-SA 2.0 · Source

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