Tunnel on the Basset Tramway
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Tunnel on the Basset Tramway
Image: © Tony Atkin Taken: 21 Aug 2007
This tunnel was opened in 1908 and took a tramway underneath the road between Four Lanes and Camborne. The tramway was built to take ore from South Wheal Frances to the processing works at Basset Stamps and was worked by steam engine. The tunnel was rebuilt in 1997 to allow it to be used as part of the bridleway which runs along the old track bed and forms part of the Great Flat Lode trail.
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Image Location
Latitude
50.21054
Longitude
-5.247092