Strip of land over the Clayton railway tunnel

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The photograph on this page of Strip of land over the Clayton railway tunnel by Humphrey Bolton as part of the Geograph project.

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Strip of land over the Clayton railway tunnel

Image: © Humphrey Bolton Taken: 24 Jun 2010

This looks like a disused railway on the map, and so it is but the railway was in a tunnel far below. The strip of land over it is mounded up with spoil hauled up the air shafts.

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Image Location

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Latitude
53.777011
Longitude
-1.828494