VICTORIA TUNNEL - Newcastle - List Entry

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"Underground tramway tunnel, later used as air-raid shelter. Constructed for the Leazes Main Colliery 1839-42, converted 1939. Brick and rubble stone. This tunnel is two miles long, dropping a total of 222feet from the Colliery to the coal staithes on the River Tyne. The original round arched tunnel is approxiamately two meters high with the lower walls mainly constructed of rubble stone, the upper sections of the walling and the barrel vault are brick...."
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Link: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1390828
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Added by: Simon Cotterill
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