Box Tunnel

To Bath: Middle Hill Tunnel
To London: Thingly Junction

History

The tunnel is 1 mile 1452 yards (2,937 m) in length, straight, and descends a 1 in 100 gradient from the east. Construction started in 1836, and the tunnel opened in 1841.

Gallery

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  Box Tunnel in about 1850.
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  King Edward I coming out of Box Tunnel west portal. 9.9.06. © John Rawlings
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  The eastern portal of the tunnel with an entrance to a smaller quarry tunnel to the right. © Derek Hawkins, CC-BY-SA-2.0.