Richmond Hill Tunnel

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Richmond Hill Tunnel is a railway tunnel to the east of Leeds city centre, in West Yorkshire, England. The tunnel is known to be the first in the world specifically designed to carry passengers to be worked by steam trains rather than a stationary engine. One of the innovative methods employed to reassure passengers going through the lightless tunnel, was to place copper sheets underneath the air shafts which were intended to reflect the light around the tunnel. The original Richmond Hill Tunnel was 700 yards (640 m) long, but in 1894, it was widened into a cutting with a shorter tunnel, which is the existing structure in use today. The present Richmond Hill Tunnel is 118 yards (108 m) long, and is part of the longer Marsh Lane Cutting, which connects the eastward entrance and exit into Leeds railway station to the lines going towards Selby and York.

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railway tunnel, United Kingdom, 

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    British air defence bunker
  • Brighouse West Yorkshire Sub County Control ⓘ
    civil defence centre in Yorkshire, UK
  • Keighley Air Raid Shelter ⓘ
    WW2 air raid shelter in High Street Roundabout, Keighley
  • Leeds Regional War Room ⓘ
    Cold War control bunker in Leeds, UK
  • Leeds Royal Observer Corps Group Headquarters ⓘ
    British Cold War command centre in West Yorkshire, England, UK
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    chapel in Knaresborough, North Yorkshire, England, UK
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    Grade II listed shell grotto in the grounds of Bretton Hall, now the Yorkshire Sculpture Park, in the parish of High Hoyland, Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England, UK
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    cave in United Kingdom
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    architectural structure in Knaresborough, Harrogate, England, UK
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    cave in Yorkshire, UK
  • Bridge End Quarry ⓘ
    former quarry in Otley, West Yorkshire, England, UK
  • Brow Pit mine shaft, gin circle, spoil heap and tramway, 270m south west of Catherine Slack Farm ⓘ
    mine in Calderdale, United Kingdom
  • Caphouse Colliery ⓘ
    coal mine in Middlestown, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom
  • Flockton Collieries ⓘ
    coal mine in the UK
  • Frickley Colliery ⓘ
    near South Elmsall, West Yorkshire, England
  • Huskar Colliery ⓘ
    former coal mine in South Yorkshire, England
  • Kellingley Colliery ⓘ
    coal mine in North Yorkshire, England, UK
  • Old Pool Bank quarries ⓘ
    Abandoned quarries near Pool in Wharfedale, North Yorkshire notable for many fossils
  • Prince of Wales Colliery ⓘ
    former colliery in West Yorkshire, England
  • Shuttle Eye Colliery ⓘ
    coal mine in the UK
  • Upton Colliery ⓘ
    former coal mine in West Yorkshire, England
  • Wharncliffe Woodmoor 1,2 & 3 Colliery ⓘ
    Brief history of a colliery based in Carlton, Barnsley
  • Wheldale Colliery ⓘ
    former coal mine in Castleford, West Yorkshire, England
  • Woodside Quarry ⓘ
    disused quarry in Leeds
  • National Coal Mining Museum for England ⓘ
    coal mining museum in Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
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    railway tunnel in the UK
  • Beacon Hill Tunnel ⓘ
    railway tunnel in the UK
  • Bingley Tunnel ⓘ
    railway tunnel in Bingley, West Yorkshire, England, UK
  • Bowling Tunnel ⓘ
    railway tunnel in West Yorkshire, England
  • Bramhope Tunnel ⓘ
    railway tunnel in West Yorkshire, England
  • Brayton Tunnel, Selby Canal ⓘ
    canal tunnel in Brayton, Selby, North Yorkshire, UK
  • Brunswick Tunnel ⓘ
    railway tunnel in the UK
  • Butternab Tunnel ⓘ
    railway tunnel in the UK
  • Clayton Tunnel ⓘ
    railway tunnel in Yorkshire, UK
  • Crigglestone Tunnel ⓘ
    railway tunnel in the UK
  • Esholt Tunnel ⓘ
    railway tunnel in the UK
  • Gildersome Tunnel ⓘ
    railway tunnel in the UK
  • Greenside Tunnel ⓘ
    railway tunnel in the UK
  • Hipperholme Tunnel ⓘ
    railway tunnel in the UK
  • Huddersfield Tunnels ⓘ
    railway tunnel in the UK
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    disused English railway tunnel in Yorkshire
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    disused railway tunnel in West Yorkshire, England
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    railway tunnel in the UK
  • Lund Tunnel, Selby Canal ⓘ
    canal tunnel in Burn, Selby, North Yorkshire, UK
  • Morley Tunnel ⓘ
    railway tunnel in West Yorkshire, England
  • Oakenshaw Tunnel ⓘ
    railway tunnel in the UK
  • Old Lane Tunnel ⓘ
    railway tunnel in the UK
  • Osmondthorpe Subway, Hul4/31 ⓘ
    subway in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, UK
  • Paperhouse Tunnel, Selby Canal ⓘ
    canal tunnel in Burn, Selby, North Yorkshire, UK
  • Prospect Tunnel ⓘ
    railway tunnel in the UK
  • Richmond Hill Tunnel ⓘ
    railway tunnel in Leeds, England
  • Salterhebble Tunnels ⓘ
    railway tunnel in the UK
  • Shelley Woodhouse Tunnel ⓘ
    railway tunnel in the UK
  • Soothill Wood Tunnel ⓘ
  • Sowerby Tunnel ⓘ
    railway tunnel in the UK
  • Thackley Tunnel ⓘ
    railway tunnel in the UK
  • The Dark Arch ⓘ
    architectural structure in Parlington, Leeds, UK
  • Wheatley Tunnel ⓘ
    railway tunnel in the UK
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    sitebunkerBirkenshaw Anti-Aircraft Operations RoomRoyal Air Force, bunkerWikidata
    sitebunkerBrighouse West Yorkshire Sub County ControlWest Yorkshire County Council, civil defense centerWikidata
    sitebunkerKeighley Air Raid Shelterair-raid shelterWikidata
    sitebunkerLeeds Regional War RoombunkerWikidata
    sitebunkerLeeds Royal Observer Corps Group HeadquartersRoyal Observer Corps, bunkerWikidata
    sitecaveChapel of Our Lady of the Cragchapel, caveWikidata
    sitecaveGrotto at Bretton Hallshell grottoWikidata
    sitecaveMother Shipton's Caveshow caveWikidata
    sitecaveSaint Roberts Cave, Also Called Saint Roberts Chapel, Approximately 120 Metres South West Of Grimbald Bridgehermitage, caveWikidata
    sitecaveSmeaton PotcaveWikidata
    sitemineBridge End QuarryquarryWikidata
    sitemineBrow Pit mine shaft, gin circle, spoil heap and tramway, 270m south west of Catherine Slack Farmcoal mineWikidata
    sitemineCaphouse Collierycoal mineWikidata
    sitemineFlockton Collieriescoal mineWikidata
    sitemineFrickley Collierycoal mineWikidata
    sitemineHuskar Collierycoal mineWikidata
    sitemineKellingley CollieryUK Coal, coal mineWikidata
    sitemineOld Pool Bank quarriesquarryWikidata
    siteminePrince of Wales Collierycoal mineWikidata
    sitemineShuttle Eye Collierycoal mineWikidata
    sitemineUpton Collierycoal mineWikidata
    sitemineWharncliffe Woodmoor 1,2 & 3 Collierycoal mineWikidata
    sitemineWheldale Collierycoal mineWikidata
    sitemineWoodside QuarryquarryWikidata
    sitemuseum1988National Coal Mining Museum for Englandindependent museum, heritage center, mining museumWikidata
    sitetunnelBatley Carr Tunnelrailway tunnelWikidata
    sitetunnelBeacon Hill Tunnelrailway tunnelWikidata
    sitetunnelBingley Tunnelrailway tunnelWikidata
    sitetunnelBowling Tunnelrailway tunnelWikidata
    sitetunnelBramhope Tunnelrailway tunnelWikidata
    sitetunnelBrayton Tunnel, Selby Canalcanal tunnelWikidata
    sitetunnelBrunswick Tunnelrailway tunnelWikidata
    sitetunnelButternab Tunnelrailway tunnelWikidata
    sitetunnelClayton Tunnelrailway tunnelWikidata
    sitetunnelCrigglestone Tunnelrailway tunnelWikidata
    sitetunnelEsholt Tunnelrailway tunnelWikidata
    sitetunnelGildersome Tunnelrailway tunnelWikidata
    sitetunnelGreenside TunnelGreat Northern Railway, railway tunnelWikidata
    sitetunnelHipperholme Tunnelrailway tunnelWikidata
    sitetunnelHuddersfield Tunnelsrailway tunnelWikidata
    sitetunnelLee Bank Tunnelrailway tunnelWikidata
    sitetunnelLees Moor Tunnelrailway tunnelWikidata
    sitetunnelLiversedge Tunnelrailway tunnelWikidata
    sitetunnelLund Tunnel, Selby Canalcanal tunnelWikidata
    sitetunnelMorley Tunnelrailway tunnelWikidata
    sitetunnelOakenshaw Tunnelrailway tunnelWikidata
    sitetunnelOld Lane Tunnelrailway tunnelWikidata
    sitetunnelOsmondthorpe Subway, Hul4/31subwayWikidata
    sitetunnelPaperhouse Tunnel, Selby Canalcanal tunnelWikidata
    sitetunnelProspect Tunnelrailway tunnelWikidata
    sitetunnelRichmond Hill Tunnelrailway tunnelWikidata
    sitetunnelSalterhebble Tunnelsrailway tunnelWikidata
    sitetunnelShelley Woodhouse Tunnelrailway tunnelWikidata
    sitetunnelSoothill Wood Tunnelrailway tunnelWikidata
    sitetunnelSowerby Tunnelrailway tunnelWikidata
    sitetunnelThackley Tunnelrailway tunnelWikidata
    sitetunnelThe Dark Archrailway tunnelWikidata
    sitetunnelWheatley Tunnelrailway tunnelWikidata
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