St Lawrence Tunnel
St Lawrence Tunnel
![The electrics would not pass an HSE inspection!](http://www.forgottenrelics.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/image1-194.jpg)
![Unlined refuges expose the surrounding rock.](http://www.forgottenrelics.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/image2-194.jpg)
![Good ventilation was clearly a priority.](http://www.forgottenrelics.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/image3-194.jpg)
![St Lawrence's mushroom farm closed but its infrastructure remains.](http://www.forgottenrelics.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/image4-193.jpg)
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The electrics would not pass an HSE inspection!
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(All photos © Tim Barker)
This 619-yard, single bore tunnel on the line to Ventnor Town boasts a brick roof with stone walls. Its very dry condition proved ideal for mushroom farming – a role which it fulfilled for several years following closure in 1952.