Woodhead Tunnel
Woodhead Tunnel
A short film charting the construction of Woodhead Tunnel and the associated electrification of the trans-Pennine route from Manchester to Sheffield.
(1955)
(4’29”)
On this day in 1889, 136 years ago, a roof fall buried seven navvies excavating Rhondda Tunnel; miraculously all but two of them survived.
A short film charting the construction of Woodhead Tunnel and the associated electrification of the trans-Pennine route from Manchester to Sheffield.
(1955)
(4’29”)
Forgotten Relics records and celebrates the UK's disused railway structures, still standing as monuments to the period of ambition, courage and endeavour during which they were built.
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