Summit Tunnel
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Summit Tunnel by Stephen McKay as part of the Geograph project.
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Summit Tunnel
Image: © Stephen McKay Taken: 30 Mar 2009
After passing deep below the A6033, the railway between Littleborough and Todmorden emerges briefly into this deep cutting before plunging into Summit Tunnel which will take it into Yorkshire. When the tunnel first opened in 1841, at about 1.6 miles it was the longest in the world.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.660349
Longitude
-2.083492