Criggleston tunnel
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Criggleston tunnel by philld as part of the Geograph project.
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Criggleston tunnel
Image: © philld Taken: 30 Nov 2008
In stark contrast to some dry tunnels, Criggleston tunnel has lots of water ingress running down the walls, coating them with rich Iron and Calcite deposits. In very dry tunnels there is very little atmosphere. In tunnels were there is lots of water ingress, there is plenty of weird and wonderful sounds to be had. Drips hitting old tin cans are magnified out of all proportion. Your voices are played over again. making you think there is someone else in the tunnel further down. Passing Wagons on the nearby M1, make an eerie deep rumbling sound within the tunnel at Criggleston. For many more Criggleston tunnel picture see here http://www.flickr.com/photos/phill_dvsn/sets/72157610545342778/detail/
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Image Location
Latitude
53.641579
Longitude
-1.532127