Redcliffe Tunnel

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To Temple Meads: Redcliffe Goods
To the Docks: Bathurst Basin

History

Redcliffe Tunnel is 282 yards long and it's construction involved the demolition of a vicarage and the removal and re-internment of a graveyard at Arnos Vale cemetery.

1970s

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  The western portal of the tunnel in the 1970s with a pile of sand from the nearby Holmes Sand and Gravel works stored in front. © emmdee

2004

12.2.04

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  The eastern portal of Redcliffe Tunnel was slowly disappearing behind buildings.
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  Another view.
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  The view from above the tunnel portal, looking in the direction of Temple Meads.
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  Closer to Temple Meads is this rather substantial wall which gives a clue as to where the railway once ran.
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  A general view of the tunnel viewed from Bathurst Basin. The road on the right is Guinea St.
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  A closer view of the tunnel.
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  The remains of a footbridge that crossed the line at Lower Guinea Street.
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  The railway crossed the road and proceeded across Bathurst Basin on a bascule bridge designed by Charles Richardson. For many years the decking on the bridge was the place to find the last surviving section of broad gauge rail in Bristol.

Memories

Playing in the Sandpits