Ventilation Shafts, Willsbridge Hill tramroad tunnel (1966)
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Ventilation Shafts, Willsbridge Hill tramroad tunnel (1966)
Image: © Martin Tester Taken: 1 May 1966
The 156 yards long Willsbridge Hill Tunnel of the Avon & Gloucestershire Railway had 2 ventilation shafts, 200 feet apart. Unusually the southern one was square and the northern one round! This difference can be made out here - I didn't take a photo of the round one, perhaps the approaching cow discouraged me! The missing bricks are a bit odd. During WWII the tunnel was used as an air-raid shelter and these 2 shafts were covered to prevent light escaping; I can only surmise that the bricks were knocked out to improve ventilation. After the war the tunnel was used to grow mushrooms. For a photo of the southern approach to the tunnel see: Image
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Image Location
Latitude
51.433678
Longitude
-2.482003