The sighting tower at Bramhope
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The sighting tower at Bramhope
Image: © Stephen Craven Taken: 19 May 2018
This brick chimney-like structure sits above a railway tunnel on the Leeds-Harrogate line. As explained by other contributors Image it was erected c.1845 as an aid to surveyors setting out the line of the tunnel, rather than as a ventilation shaft. It is now grade 2 listed (list entry 1253379).
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Image Location
Latitude
53.878202
Longitude
-1.625168