Hidden Depths
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The photograph on this page of Hidden Depths by Raymond Okonski as part of the Geograph project.
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Hidden Depths
Image: © Raymond Okonski Taken: 23 Oct 2007
Located directly behind a bingo hall in Maryhill is this rather imposing sandstone structure. Its reason for being there isn't apparent unless you check out the OS Map. This was part of the Glasgow Central Railway, that ran from Stobcross Junction to Maryhill Central via the Botanic Gardens. Above is the Forth & Clyde canal, and the keystone of the railway tunnel can be seen behind the foliage. The tunnel's south portal has simply been stopped up with earth when the car park and bingo hall were built. The line was closed to passengers in 1959, and finally closed to freight in 1964. The tunnel mouth was eventually closed off in 1988.
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Image Location
Latitude
55.888582
Longitude
-4.284649