Earthwatcher's photos with the keyword: tunnel

Chesterfield Canal: Drakehouse to Wiseton walk, 28th May 2015. Looking northwards through the Drakehouse tunnel on the Chesterfield Canal in Nottinghamshire. The footpath which follows the canal towpath is the 'Cuckoo Way'.

Chesterfield Canal: Drakehouse to Wiseton walk, 28th May 2015. The Chesterfield Canal basin and tunnel at Drakeholes, Nottinghamshire. It was a beautiful late spring day and the hawthorn bushes were laden with rich, fragrant May blossom. The footpath which follows the canal towpath is the 'Cuckoo Way'.

The north portal of the Drakeholes Tunnel on the Chesterfield Canal, Nottinghamshire.

Originally uploaded for the Guesswhere UK group. This is the east portal of the Cadeby Tunnel near Conisbrough on the former South Yorkshire Junction Railway. The single track tunnel is 164 yards long, originally built about 1894, closed to freight in 1964. The tunnel is lined with brick and Magnesian Limestone quarried locally. It is an easy and safe walk through, mostly dry. The trackbed in the cutting just beyond the western portal has been partly filled in with soil and ?colliery waste.

This the Cadeby Tunnel near Conisbrough on the former South Yorkshire Junction Railway. The single track tunnel is 164 yards long, originally built about 1894, closed to freight in 1964. The photo was taken about 50 metres in from the west portal, looking through towards the eastern end. The tunnel is lined with brick and Magnesian Limestone quarried locally. It is an easy and safe walk through, mostly dry. The trackbed in the cutting just beyond the western portal has been partly filled in with soil and ?colliery waste. For this photo, the exposure was 30 sec at f/8 ISO 100; no flash. I also painted-in the foreground and middle distance with a LED head-lamp, which accounts for the blue-ish magenta colour cast. View large on black See where this picture was taken. [?]

Originally posted for the Guesswehere UK group. It's the No.4 ventilation shaft for the Totley Tunnel, on the Sheffield-Manchester railway. At 3 1/2 miles long, it's the 2nd-longest railway tunnel in the UK (after the Severn Tunnel). It was driven from both ends - the two headings thirling through in 1892. The line opened for freight in 1893 and for passenger traffic shortly after. There are 5 shafts along the length of the tunnel. Nos 1 - 4 are all fairly close to each other at the Totley end; No.5 Shaft is high up on the moors nearer the Grindleford end.

The No.4 ventilation shaft for the Totley Tunnel, illuminated by shafts of the late afternoon sun. The Totley Tunnel is on the Sheffield-Manchester railway. At 3 1/2 miles long, it's the 2nd-longest railway tunnel in the UK (after the Severn Tunnel). It was driven from both ends - the two headings thirling through in 1892. The line opened for freight in 1893 and for passenger traffic shortly after. There are 5 shafts along the length of the tunnel. Nos 1 - 4 are all fairly close to each other at the Totley end; No.5 Shaft is high up on the moors nearer the Grindleford end. See where this picture was taken. [?]

The No.4 ventilation shaft for the Totley Tunnel, on the Sheffield-Manchester railway. At 3 1/2 miles long, it's the 2nd-longest railway tunnel in the UK (after the Severn Tunnel). It was driven from both ends - the two headings thirling through in 1892. The line opened for freight in 1893 and for passenger traffic shortly after. There are 5 shafts along the length of the tunnel. Nos 1 - 4 are all fairly close to each other at the Totley end; No.5 Shaft is high up on the moors nearer the Grindleford end.