Gilbert Heathcote's tunnel
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Gilbert Heathcote's tunnel was an engineering project dating from the 1630s as one of the earliest modern attempts to drain The Fens in Lincolnshire. Rendered obsolete by the mechanical drainage improvements after World War II, it was finally removed in 1991.
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Location: 52.7483, -0.2982, KML, Cluster Map, Maps,
10 places
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Bloody Oaks Quarry ⓘ
quarry in the UK -
Castle Bytham Quarry ⓘ
Disused quarry in Lincolnshire, England -
Clipsham Old Quarry and Pickworth Great Wood ⓘ
protected area in Rutland, England -
North Luffenham Quarry ⓘ
quarry in the UK -
Sproxton Quarry ⓘ
quarry in the UK -
Ketton Cement Works ⓘ
business -
Gilbert Heathcote's tunnel ⓘ
in Lincolnshire, England -
Morcott Tunnel ⓘ
railway tunnel in the UK -
Toft Tunnel ⓘ
railway tunnel in the UK -
Wansford Tunnel ⓘ
railway tunnel on the preserved Nene Valley Railway in Cambridgeshire
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| Type | Subtype | Date | Description | Notes | Source |
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| site | mine | Bloody Oaks Quarry | quarry | Wikidata | |
| site | mine | Castle Bytham Quarry | quarry | Wikidata | |
| site | mine | Clipsham Old Quarry and Pickworth Great Wood | quarry | Wikidata | |
| site | mine | North Luffenham Quarry | quarry | Wikidata | |
| site | mine | Sproxton Quarry | quarry | Wikidata | |
| site | mine | 1929 | Ketton Cement Works | stone quarry, business, cement industry | Wikidata |
| site | tunnel | Gilbert Heathcote's tunnel | drainage tunnel | Wikidata | |
| site | tunnel | Morcott Tunnel | railway tunnel | Wikidata | |
| site | tunnel | Toft Tunnel | railway tunnel | Wikidata | |
| site | tunnel | Wansford Tunnel | railway tunnel | Wikidata | |