Ventilation shaft over the Shildon Tunnel
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Ventilation shaft over the Shildon Tunnel
Image: © Oliver Dixon Taken: 5 Jul 2007
This shaft provides ventilation for the Shildon Tunnel on the Bishop Auckland to Darlington railway. The fearsome array of ironmongery on the top is intended to act as a deterrent to anyone foolish enough to think of climbing up and looking down the shaft.
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Image Location
Latitude
54.636347
Longitude
-1.64643