Air shaft of Bletchingley Tunnel
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Air shaft of Bletchingley Tunnel
Image: © Roger W Haworth Taken: 24 May 2006
When the Bletchingley railway tunnel http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redhill_to_Tonbridge_Line was made in the 1830s trains were steam powered and slow by today's standards. Although the tunnel is just over a kilometre long, eleven air shafts were provided to vent the smoke. This is Shaft No. 2. The tunnel can be seen in Image
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