Summit Tunnel

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Q7637903




Summit Tunnel in England is one of the world's oldest railway tunnels. It was constructed between 1838 and 1841 by the Manchester and Leeds Railway Company to provide a direct line between Leeds and Manchester. When built, Summit Tunnel was the longest railway tunnel in the world.

1841  Wikimedia, Wikidata
length: 2885 yard, 
Manchester and Leeds Railway, railway tunnel, United Kingdom, 

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Location: 53.6839, -2.0919, KML, Cluster Map, Maps,
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  • Birkenshaw Anti-Aircraft Operations Room ⓘ
    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
  • Worsley Anti-Aircraft Operations Room ⓘ
    British air defence bunker
  • Grotto In Garden Of Barclays Bank ⓘ
    grotto in Glusburn and Cross Hills, Craven, North Yorkshire, England, UK
  • Agecroft Colliery ⓘ
    colliery in Greater Manchester, UK
  • Bamford Colliery ⓘ
    former colliery near Manchester
  • Bank Hall Colliery ⓘ
    decommissioned coal mine in Lancashire
  • Bradford Colliery ⓘ
    coal mine
  • Brow Pit mine shaft, gin circle, spoil heap and tramway, 270m south west of Catherine Slack Farm ⓘ
    mine in Calderdale, United Kingdom
  • Clifton Hall Colliery ⓘ
    coal mine in North-East England. Scene of an explosion in 1885 which killed 178 men and boys
  • Combermere Colliery ⓘ
    coal mine in the UK
  • Ellesmere Colliery ⓘ
    former coal mine in Walkden, Manchester, England
  • Great Boys Colliery ⓘ
    coal mine in the UK
  • Hapton Valley Colliery ⓘ
    Coal mine in Lancashire, England
  • Hill Top Colliery ⓘ
    coal mine in the UK
  • Ladyshore Colliery ⓘ
    colliery in Greater Manchester, UK
  • Lee Quarry ⓘ
    mountain bike trail in Lancashire, England
  • Linnyshaw Colliery ⓘ
    coal mine in the UK
  • Mosley Common Colliery ⓘ
    historic coal mine
  • New Lester Colliery ⓘ
    coal mine in the UK
  • Outwood Colliery ⓘ
    colliery in Greater Manchester, UK
  • Pendlebury Colliery ⓘ
    coal mine in the UK
  • Pendleton Colliery ⓘ
    coal mine in the UK
  • Sandhole Colliery ⓘ
    coal mine in the UK
  • Shuttle Eye Colliery ⓘ
    coal mine in the UK
  • Thieveley lead mine 330m south west and 910m WSW of Buckleys ⓘ
    mine in Cliviger, United Kingdom
  • Wet Earth Colliery ⓘ
    historical industrial site in England
  • Worsley Navigable Levels ⓘ
    coal mines in Greater Manchester, UK
  • Yew Tree Colliery ⓘ
    coalfield in Tyldesley, Greater Manchester
  • Woodend Colliery Mining Museum ⓘ
    museum in Burnley, England, UK
  • Earby Lead Mining Museum ⓘ
    museum in nr Colne, England, UK
  • Lancashire Mining Museum ⓘ
    museum in Salford, England, United Kingdom
  • Bacup Tunnel ⓘ
  • 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
  • Butternab Tunnel ⓘ
    railway tunnel in the UK
  • Clayton Tunnel ⓘ
    railway tunnel in Yorkshire, UK
  • Clifton Hall Tunnel ⓘ
    railway tunnel in the UK
  • Hipperholme Tunnel ⓘ
    railway tunnel in the UK
  • Huddersfield Tunnels ⓘ
    railway tunnel in the UK
  • Lee Bank Tunnel ⓘ
    disused English railway tunnel in Yorkshire
  • Lees Moor Tunnel ⓘ
    disused railway tunnel in West Yorkshire, England
  • Liversedge Tunnel ⓘ
    railway tunnel in the UK
  • Manchester & Salford Junction Canal Tunnel ⓘ
    canal tunnel in Manchester, Greater Manchester, England, UK
  • Mottram Tunnel ⓘ
  • Newchurch Tunnels ⓘ
    railway tunnel in the UK
  • Oakenshaw Tunnel ⓘ
    railway tunnel in the UK
  • Old Lane Tunnel ⓘ
    railway tunnel in the UK
  • Railway tunnel portals MVL3/41, west end of Standedge Tunnel ⓘ
    Grade II listed tunnel portal in Diggle, Saddleworth, Oldham, OL3
  • Salford canal tunnel and wharf ⓘ
    canal tunnel in Salford, Greater Manchester, England, UK
  • Salterhebble Tunnels ⓘ
    railway tunnel in the UK
  • Shelley Woodhouse Tunnel ⓘ
    railway tunnel in the UK
  • Sough Tunnel ⓘ
    railway tunnel in the UK
  • Sowerby Tunnel ⓘ
    railway tunnel in the UK
  • Standedge Tunnels ⓘ
    tunnels between Marsden and Diggle in northern England
  • Thackley Tunnel ⓘ
    railway tunnel in the UK
  • Thrutch Tunnel ⓘ
    railway tunnel in the UK
  • Wheatley Tunnel ⓘ
    railway tunnel in the UK
  • Winterbutlee Tunnel ⓘ
    railway tunnel in the UK
  • Woodhead Tunnel ⓘ
    railway tunnels on the Woodhead Line, in Northern England
  • Foulridge Tunnel ⓘ
    canal tunnel in Lancashire
  • Summit Tunnel ⓘ
    railway tunnel near Todmorden, West Yorkshire, England
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1841 Summit Tunnel
2010-01-01T00:00:00Z
2010-01-01T00:00:00Z
1971-01-01T00:00:00Z
2015-01-01T00:00:00Z
1971 — 2015 Earby Lead Mining Museum
1975-01-01T00:00:00Z
2000-01-01T00:00:00Z
1975 — 2000 Lancashire Mining Museum
1796-01-01T00:00:00Z
1796-01-01T00:00:00Z
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40085 emerges from Summit Tunnel at Littleborough40085 emerges from Summit Tunnel at Littleborough
Aftermath of Summit Railway Tunnel FireAftermath of Summit Railway Tunnel Fire
Summit Tunnel, North PortalSummit Tunnel, North Portal
Summit Tunnel, South PortalSummit Tunnel, South Portal
Summit Tunnel south portalSummit Tunnel south portal
150 years at Summit Tunnel in 1991150 years at Summit Tunnel in 1991
Entrance to Summit Tunnel.Entrance to Summit Tunnel.
Pennine Bridleway near BottomleyPennine Bridleway near Bottomley
Summit TunnelSummit Tunnel
Summit Tunnel Littleborough Class 110 1982Summit Tunnel Littleborough Class 110 1982
TypeSubtypeDateDescriptionNotesSource
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
sitebunkerWorsley Anti-Aircraft Operations RoomRoyal Air Force, bunkerWikidata
sitecaveGrotto In Garden Of Barclays BankgrottoWikidata
sitemineAgecroft Collierycoal mineWikidata
sitemineBamford Collierycoal mineWikidata
sitemineBank Hall Collierycoal mineWikidata
sitemineBradford Collierycoal mineWikidata
sitemineBrow Pit mine shaft, gin circle, spoil heap and tramway, 270m south west of Catherine Slack Farmcoal mineWikidata
sitemineClifton Hall Collierycoal mineWikidata
sitemineCombermere Collierycoal mineWikidata
sitemineEllesmere Collierycoal mineWikidata
sitemineGreat Boys Collierycoal mineWikidata
sitemineHapton Valley Collierycoal mineWikidata
sitemineHill Top Collierycoal mineWikidata
sitemineLadyshore Collierycoal mineWikidata
sitemineLee QuarryquarryWikidata
sitemineLinnyshaw Collierycoal mineWikidata
sitemineMosley Common Collierycoal mineWikidata
sitemineNew Lester Collierycoal mineWikidata
sitemineOutwood Collierycoal mineWikidata
siteminePendlebury Collierycoal mineWikidata
siteminePendleton Collierycoal mineWikidata
sitemineSandhole Collierycoal mineWikidata
sitemineShuttle Eye Collierycoal mineWikidata
sitemineThieveley lead mine 330m south west and 910m WSW of Buckleyslead mineWikidata
sitemineWet Earth Collierycoal mineWikidata
sitemineWorsley Navigable Levelscoal mineWikidata
sitemineYew Tree Collierycoal mineWikidata
sitemine2010Woodend Colliery Mining Museummining museum, coal mineWikidata
sitemuseum1971Earby Lead Mining Museummining museumWikidata
sitemuseum1975Lancashire Mining Museummining museumWikidata
sitetunnelBacup Tunnelrailway tunnelWikidata
sitetunnelBeacon Hill Tunnelrailway tunnelWikidata
sitetunnelBingley Tunnelrailway tunnelWikidata
sitetunnelBowling Tunnelrailway tunnelWikidata
sitetunnelButternab Tunnelrailway tunnelWikidata
sitetunnelClayton Tunnelrailway tunnelWikidata
sitetunnelClifton Hall Tunnelrailway tunnelWikidata
sitetunnelHipperholme Tunnelrailway tunnelWikidata
sitetunnelHuddersfield Tunnelsrailway tunnelWikidata
sitetunnelLee Bank Tunnelrailway tunnelWikidata
sitetunnelLees Moor Tunnelrailway tunnelWikidata
sitetunnelLiversedge Tunnelrailway tunnelWikidata
sitetunnelManchester & Salford Junction Canal Tunnelcanal tunnelWikidata
sitetunnelMottram Tunnelwater tunnelWikidata
sitetunnelNewchurch Tunnelsrailway tunnelWikidata
sitetunnelOakenshaw Tunnelrailway tunnelWikidata
sitetunnelOld Lane Tunnelrailway tunnelWikidata
sitetunnelRailway tunnel portals MVL3/41, west end of Standedge Tunnelrailway tunnelWikidata
sitetunnelSalford canal tunnel and wharfcanal tunnelWikidata
sitetunnelSalterhebble Tunnelsrailway tunnelWikidata
sitetunnelShelley Woodhouse Tunnelrailway tunnelWikidata
sitetunnelSough Tunnelrailway tunnelWikidata
sitetunnelSowerby Tunnelrailway tunnelWikidata
sitetunnelStandedge Tunnelscanal tunnel, railway tunnelWikidata
sitetunnelThackley Tunnelrailway tunnelWikidata
sitetunnelThrutch Tunnelrailway tunnelWikidata
sitetunnelWheatley Tunnelrailway tunnelWikidata
sitetunnelWinterbutlee Tunnelrailway tunnelWikidata
sitetunnelWoodhead Tunnelrailway tunnelWikidata
sitetunnel1796Foulridge TunnelCanal & River Trust, canal tunnelWikidata
sitetunnel1841Summit Tunnelrailway tunnelWikidata
commonsimage40085 emerges from Summit Tunnel at Littleborough Commons
commonsimageAftermath of Summit Railway Tunnel Fire Commons
commonsimageSummit Tunnel, North Portal Commons
commonsimageSummit Tunnel, South Portal Commons
commonsimageSummit Tunnel south portal Commons
commonsimage150 years at Summit Tunnel in 1991 Commons
commonsimageEntrance to Summit Tunnel. Commons
commonsimagePennine Bridleway near Bottomley Commons
commonsimageSummit Tunnel Commons
commonsimageSummit Tunnel Littleborough Class 110 1982 Commons
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