Disused Railway tunnel, Tootal Heights
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Disused Railway tunnel, Tootal Heights
Image: © Peter Bond Taken: 17 Jun 2011
Tunnel, built under Tootle Heights in 1839, to access quarries beyond. Now disused and usually locked up. The Tunnel was 55 yards long but is now blocked at the far end by rubble. The keystone over the entrance reads P&LR (Preston & Longridge Railway)- 1839 -FHP CT (Fredrick Henry Park, the engineer, Cooper & Tullis, builders)
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Image Location
Latitude
53.835172
Longitude
-2.591972