Bradway Tunnel Air Shaft
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Bradway Tunnel Air Shaft
Image: © Martin Speck Taken: 4 Apr 2009
The air shaft for Bradway Tunnel. The tunnel provided the Midland Railway with a shorter route South to London, via Chesterfield when it opened the Midland Station (then called Pond Street Station) in 1870. The earlier route to London went North via Rotherham, from the Wicker Station.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.317041
Longitude
-1.497255