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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 ...
Victoria Tunnel, Queensland, Australia; Mount Victoria Tunnel, Wellington, New Zealand This page was last edited on 23 April 2009, at 08:32 (UTC). Text is available ...
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.
Current requirements for reporting to CBSA or CBP for inspection are noted. Many former uncontrolled roads that served as points of entry along the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Swanton Sector were barricaded/closed in the mid-1970s in securing the 1976 Montreal Summer Olympics . [ 6 ]
Selby Ave Trolley tunnel, two-track, abandoned and sealed, streetcar tunnel, former Twin City Rapid Transit under Selby Avenue and Shelby Hill, Saint Paul; Silver Creek Cliff Tunnel, two-lane road tunnel, Highway 61, northeast of Two Harbors; Lafayette Bluff Tunnel, two-lane road tunnel, Highway 61, southwest of Castle Danger
Crystal City in Arlington County, Virginia, an underground city. An underground city is a series of linked subterranean spaces that may provide a defensive refuge; a place for living, working or shopping; a transit system; mausolea; wine or storage cellars; cisterns or drainage channels; or several of these. Underground cities may be currently ...
The utilidors are built on 9 acres (3.6 ha), and the floor plan is a circle with a path down the middle; the tunnel walls are color-coded to make it simple for cast members to determine their location. The utilidors can be accessed from a main tunnel entrance located behind Fantasyland, or through unmarked doors throughout the theme park.