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The Victoria Tunnel is a subterranean wagonway that runs under Newcastle upon Tyne, England, from the Town Moor down to the River Tyne. It was built between 1839 and 1842 to transport coal from Leazes Main Colliery in Spital Tongues , to riverside staithes (jetties), ready for loading onto boats for export.
A tunnel is an underground passageway with no defined minimum length, though it may be considered to be at least twice as long as wide. Some government bodies define a tunnel as 150 metres (0.093 mi) in length or longer. [1] A tunnel may be for pedestrians or cyclists, for general road traffic, for motor vehicles only, for rail traffic, or for ...
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The Victoria Tunnel Newcastle opened in 1842, is a 3.9-kilometre (2.4 mi) subterranean wagonway with a maximum depth of 26 metres (85 ft) that drops 222 feet (68 m) from entrance to exit. The tunnel runs under Newcastle upon Tyne, England, and originally exited at the River Tyne. It remains largely intact.
The Victoria Tunnel in Liverpool, England is a 1.537 miles (2.474 km) long rail tunnel. Opened in 1849, its eastern portal is adjacent to Edge Hill station . The western portal opens into a short (69 yards or 63 metres) cutting, between Byrom Street and Fontenoy Street, the shorter Waterloo Tunnel exits the cutting terminating at Waterloo Dock.
The Victoria Tunnel is a railway tunnel located in Queensland, Australia.At 537 metres (1,762 ft), the tunnel is the longer of the two oldest railway tunnels in Queensland, the other being known as the 'Six Chain', either because it is 6 chains (400 ft; 120 m) long, or is situated entirely on a 6-chain (400 ft; 120 m) radius curve, or both.
Thorneywood Tunnel is a 408-yard-long tunnel south of Sherwood Tunnel with its north portal in a short cutting off Mickleborough Avenue, Nottingham. [3] This portal has also been covered with earth. There was once an embankment to the north of this tunnel leading first over two brick arches and then on to a high girder bridge.