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'''To Bristol, the North or Wales''': [[Worlds End Lane]] | '''To Bristol, the North or Wales''': [[Worlds End Lane]] | ||
<br>'''To Bath''':[[Saltford Footbridge]] | <br>'''To Bath''':[[Saltford Footbridge]] | ||
== History == | == History == | ||
'''Saltford Tunnel''' is 176 yards long. It was meant to be longer, but a landslip during construction removed the need for some of the tunnelling. | '''Saltford Tunnel''' is 176 yards long. It was meant to be longer, but a landslip during construction removed the need for some of the tunnelling. | ||
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Image:saltfordtunnel1.jpg|Saltford Tunnel viewed from the footbridge close to the site of Saltford station. | Image:saltfordtunnel1.jpg|Saltford Tunnel viewed from the footbridge close to the site of Saltford station. | ||
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== 27.12.09 == | |||
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Image:Saltford Tunnel2.jpg|The Bristol end of the tunnel as glimpsed from a footpath that runs alongside the railway. ''© [[:Category:Nick Thayer|Nick Thayer]]'' | |||
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[[Category:GWR]] | [[Category:GWR]] | ||
[[Category:Nick Thayer]] | |||
[[Category:Tunnels]] | [[Category:Tunnels]] | ||
Latest revision as of 21:21, 28 July 2022
To Bristol, the North or Wales: Worlds End Lane
To Bath:Saltford Footbridge
History
Saltford Tunnel is 176 yards long. It was meant to be longer, but a landslip during construction removed the need for some of the tunnelling.
17.7.05
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Saltford Tunnel viewed from the footbridge close to the site of Saltford station.
27.12.09
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The Bristol end of the tunnel as glimpsed from a footpath that runs alongside the railway. © Nick Thayer
