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Strood Tunnel

 
 
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[Thames and Medway Canal] middle. This 100-yard long cutting divided the tunnel into a separate Higham tunnel and Strood tunnel. The canal tolls reflected these improvements, but [Strood railway station] new line left the line from Gravesend between Strood Tunnel and the original Strood terminus; a new Strood station was provided on the Maidstone line, and [Strood] Strood is a town in the unitary authority of Medway in Kent, South East England. It lies on the northwest bank of the River Medway at its lowest bridging [Islington Tunnel] (878 m) Islington Tunnel and the nearby Maida Hill Tunnel, he went on to be a specialist tunnelling contractor, completing the Strood Tunnel on the Thames [North Kent Line] Thames and Medway Canal tunnel near Higham and laid railway tracks through it; in 1847 trains were working through from the Strood terminus, on the River [Medway Tunnel] The Medway Tunnel is a tunnel under the River Medway linking Strood with Chatham in Kent, England. It forms part of the A289 Medway Towns Northern Relief [Sapperton Canal Tunnel] Britain – which only accommodates 7-foot-wide narrowboats (2.1 m). Strood Tunnel on the Thames and Medway Canal was 3,946 yards (3,608 m) when it opened [Higham, Kent] to the Medway at Strood. It lost the second half of its route c. 1847 when the railway took over the Higham and Strood canal tunnel, but continued to [Dudley Tunnel] network today. (Standedge Tunnel is the longest, at 5,456 yards (4,989.0 m), and the 3,931 yards (3,594.5 m) Higham and Strood tunnel is now rail only). However [List of tunnels in the United Kingdom] This is a list of road, railway, waterway, and other tunnels in the United Kingdom. A tunnel is an underground passageway with no defined minimum length
 
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Thames and Medway Canal - Wikipedia
The Higham and Strood tunnel is 3.5 km (2.2 mi) long, and was the second longest canal tunnel built in the UK (the ...
Higham & Strood Tunnels
Higham & Strood Tunnels. Now two separate tunnels, the pair once formed a single continuous bore through a chalk ridge on the Thames & Medway Canal.
Higham and Strood Tunnel - Graces Guide
Feb 6, 2014 ... The Higham and Strood tunnel is 2.25 miles long, and was the second longest canal tunnel built in the UK. It was built between 1819 to 1824 ...
The Higham-Strood tunnel showing the Strood entrance to the ...
Dec 23, 2015 ... The Higham-Strood tunnel showing the Strood entrance to the combined canal/ rail tunnel. North Kent Railway. Date of drawing 1845. [Click on ...
One railway track on the towpath, one over the canal » Medway ...
The Strood-Higham tunnel is a remarkable piece of engineering. But its history has been touched by financial disaster and tragedy. In 2004, Medway train ...
major upgrade work to start on strood and higham tunnels
Jun 9, 2003 ... Major upgrade work will begin on Strood and Higham tunnels in January 2004 allowing the line speed to return to 70 mph and Connex to offer ...
Geotechnical Aspects of the Strood and Higham Railway Tunnel ...
Feb 27, 2020 ... PDF | The Strood and Higham Railway Tunnel is some 3.7km in length and was originally built as a canal tunnel enabling boats to pass freely ...
Higham and Strood Tunnels (Strood, 1824) | Structurae
Nov 10, 2003 ... Higham and Strood Tunnels is a tunnel, railroad (railway) tunnel and canal tunnel that was built from 1819 until 1824. The project is located in ...
(Cab Ride 023 ) UK Diesel Freight Train Cab Ride,Strood to Dartford ...
Feb 27, 2018 ... A journey on 59103 hauling 6V18 from Allington to Wiltshire, this film covers the bit from Strood to Dartford, on the Up North Kent, the first tunnel ...
File:Strood Tunnel Portal 5800.JPG - Wikimedia Commons
Original file #x200e;(2,016 × 1,512 pixels, file size: 695 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg). File information. Structured data. Captions Edit. English. Add a one-line explanation ...