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| HER Number: | MCO55003 |
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| Name: | BUCKSHEAD - Post Medieval railway tunnel |
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Summary
Buckshead Tunnel on the Cornwall Railway.
Protected Status: None recorded
Other Statuses/Codes: none recorded
Monument Type(s):
Full description
Buckshead Tunnel is 320 yards long, and was commenced in 1847 by Mr Findlater, the contractor for this section. There were two construction shafts, backfilled on completion. The tunnel was built to double-track width, although only a single line was laid for the openining of the Cornwall Railway in 1859 (JRS).
Woodfin, RJ, 1972, The Cornwall Railway (Bibliographic reference). SCO5068.
Sources / Further Reading
| --- | SCO5068 - Bibliographic reference: Woodfin, RJ. 1972. The Cornwall Railway. |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
Related records
| MCO54661 | Parent of: BUCKSHEAD - Post Medieval railway tunnel (Monument) |
| MCO54662 | Parent of: BUCKSHEAD - Post Medieval railway tunnel (Monument) |
| 165670 | Part of: CORNWALL RAILWAY - Post Medieval railway (Monument) |
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