North Portal Dean Royd Railway Tunnel
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North Portal Dean Royd Railway Tunnel
Image: © Kevin Waterhouse Taken: 26 Sep 2017
Apparently the Manchester & Leeds Railway constructed this tunnel as a means of stabilising what was to be a cutting through unstable ground, especially with the Rochdale Canal close by
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Image Location
Latitude
53.685418
Longitude
-2.093838