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Image:Redcliffe Tunnel9.jpg|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. | Image:Redcliffe Tunnel9.jpg|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. | ||
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Revision as of 15:00, 18 January 2008
<googlemap lat="51.448444" lon="-2.589083"> 51.447722, -2.589941, Redcliffe Tunnel </googlemap>
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.
Gallery
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The eastern portal of Redcliffe Tunnel was slowly disappearing behind buildings. -
Another view. -
The view from above the tunnel portal, looking in the direction of Temple Meads. -
Closer to Temple Meads is this rather substantial wall which gives a clue as to where the railway once ran. -
A general view of the tunnel viewed from Bathurst Basin. The road on the right is Guinea St. -
A closer view of the tunnel. -
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The remains of a footbridge that crossed the line at Lower Guinea Street. -
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.
