Northern air shaft above Welwyn North tunnel
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Northern air shaft above Welwyn North tunnel
Image: © John Lucas Taken: 14 Jul 2010
In 1866, three goods trains collided in the tunnel below and resulted in a huge conflagration, the flames of which reached well into the sky through the air-shafts.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.836259
Longitude
-0.185876