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| HER Number: | MCO55052 |
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| Name: | TREVERRAN - Post medieval railway tunnel |
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Summary
Treverran Tunnel on the Cornwall Railway.
Protected Status: None recorded
Other Statuses/Codes: none recorded
Monument Type(s):
Full description
Treverran Tunnel is 565 yards long, and was built as part of the Cornwall Railway which opened in 1859. There were two construction shafts. The contractor, Sharpe & Sons, had difficulty with water ingress when driving the tunnel in 1855.
<1> Woodfin, RJ, 1972, The Cornwall Railway (Bibliographic reference). SCO5068.
Sources / Further Reading
| [1] | SCO5068 - Bibliographic reference: Woodfin, RJ. 1972. The Cornwall Railway. |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
Related records
| MCO55053 | Parent of: TREVERRAN - Post medieval railway tunnel (Monument) |
| MCO55054 | Parent of: TREVERRAN - Post medieval railway tunnel (Monument) |
| 165670 | Part of: CORNWALL RAILWAY - Post Medieval railway (Monument) |
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