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== History == | == History == | ||
Devonshire tunnel is 447 yards long. | Devonshire tunnel is 447 yards long. | ||
== | == 1970s == | ||
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Image:Devonshire Tunnel1.jpg|The view from inside Devonshire Tunnel looking back towards [[Bath Green Park|Bath]]. The bridge in the background is that at [[Maple Grove]]. ''© [[:Category:John Rawlings|John Rawlings]]'' | |||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
== 2008 == | |||
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Image:Devonshire Tunnel2.jpg|Looking towards the tunnel in 2008. The cutting has been filled and the portal buried. ''© [[:Category:John Rawlings|John Rawlings]]'' | |||
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== 2010 == | |||
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Image:Devonshire Tunnel3.jpg|The view towards [[Bath Green Park|Bath]] from above the tunnel portal. The brick pillar is an access shaft to the tunnel below. 21.2.10 | |||
Image:Devonshire Tunnel4.jpg|By April the tunnel mouth had been dug out as part of the [http://www.twotunnels.org.uk/index.html Two Tunnels Greenway] project. ''© [[:Category:John Rawlings|John Rawlings]]'' | |||
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== 2011 == | |||
<gallery> | |||
Image:Devonshire Tunnel5.jpg| ''© [[:Category:John Rawlings|John Rawlings]]'' | |||
Image:Devonshire Tunnel6.jpg| ''© [[:Category:John Rawlings|John Rawlings]]'' | |||
Image:DevonshireTunnel7.jpg| ''© [[:Category:John Rawlings|John Rawlings]]'' | |||
Image:DevonshireTunnel8.jpg| ''© [[:Category:John Rawlings|John Rawlings]]'' | |||
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== 2014 == | |||
7.10.14 | |||
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Image:DevonshireTunnel10.jpg|The glorious sight of a reopened Devonshire Tunnel. | |||
Image:DevonshireTunnel11.jpg| | |||
Image:DevonshireTunnel12.jpg| | |||
Image:DevonshireTunnel13.jpg|The view out from within. | |||
Image:DevonshireTunnel14.jpg|The southern portal of the tunnel. | |||
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== External Links == | |||
* [http://www.twotunnels.org.uk/index.html Two Tunnels Greenway] | |||
* [http://www.forgottenrelics.co.uk/tunnels/devonshire.html Forgotten Relics] (shows photos of the tunnel being excavated) | |||
[[Category:Linear Park]] | |||
[[Category:S&DJR]] | [[Category:S&DJR]] | ||
[[Category:Tunnels]] | [[Category:Tunnels]] | ||
[[Category: | [[Category:John Rawlings]] | ||
Latest revision as of 17:44, 13 October 2014
<googlemap lat="51.362671" lon="-2.365923"> 51.369691, -2.366567, Devonshire Tunnel </googlemap>
To Bath: Maple Grove
To Radstock: Watery Bottom Viaduct
History
Devonshire tunnel is 447 yards long.
1970s
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The view from inside Devonshire Tunnel looking back towards Bath. The bridge in the background is that at Maple Grove. © John Rawlings
2008
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Looking towards the tunnel in 2008. The cutting has been filled and the portal buried. © John Rawlings
2010
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The view towards Bath from above the tunnel portal. The brick pillar is an access shaft to the tunnel below. 21.2.10 -
By April the tunnel mouth had been dug out as part of the Two Tunnels Greenway project. © John Rawlings
2011
2014
7.10.14
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The glorious sight of a reopened Devonshire Tunnel. -
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The view out from within. -
The southern portal of the tunnel.
External Links
- Two Tunnels Greenway
- Forgotten Relics (shows photos of the tunnel being excavated)