Woodhead Tunnel

The Woodhead Tunnels are three parallel trans-Pennine 3-mile (4.8 km) long railway tunnels on the Woodhead Line, a former major rail link from Manchester to Sheffield in Northern England. The western portals of the tunnels are at Woodhead in Derbyshire and the eastern portals are at Dunford Bridge, near Penistone, South Yorkshire.

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Woodhead Tunnels
railway tunnel, United Kingdom,

Forgotten Relics of an Enterprising Age page^@ Woodhead New

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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
Manchester Regional War Room ⓘ
Cold war control bunker in Cheadle, Greater Manchester, England, UK
Stockport Air Raid Shelters ⓘ
underground air-raid shelters dug under Stockport in England
Bagshawe Cavern ⓘ
cave in the Peak District, UK
Bertons Pingles Pipe ⓘ
cave in the Peak District, UK
Black Rabbit Cave ⓘ
cave in the Peak District, UK
Blackwell Dale Cave ⓘ
cave in the Peak District, UK
Bleaklow Cave ⓘ
cave in the Peak District, UK
Blue John Cavern ⓘ
show cave in Derbyshire, England
Brinksway Caves ⓘ
Artificial cave in Stockport
Carlswark Cavern, Eyam Dale Shaft ⓘ
cave in the Peak District, UK
Carlswark Cavern, Flower Pot Entrance ⓘ
cave in the Peak District, UK
Carlswark Cavern, Gin Entrance ⓘ
cave in the Peak District, UK
Carlswark Cavern, Resurgence ⓘ
cave in the Peak District, UK
Carlswark Cavern, Stub Scrin Shaft ⓘ
cave in the Peak District, UK
Coalpithole Rake: Rake Shaft ⓘ
cave in the Peak District, UK
Convenience Cave ⓘ
cave in the Peak District, UK
Cowlow Pot ⓘ
cave in the Peak District, UK
Cucklet Church ⓘ
historic cave in Eyam, Derbyshire
Cussey Pot ⓘ
cave in the Peak District, UK
Dowse Hole ⓘ
cave in the Peak District, UK
Dr Jackson's Cave ⓘ
cave in the Peak District, UK
Eldon Hole ⓘ
cave in the Peak District, UK
Eyam Dale House Cave ⓘ
cave in the Peak District, UK
Fatigue Pot ⓘ
cave in the Peak District, UK
Gautries Hole ⓘ
cave in the Peak District, UK
Giant's Hole ⓘ
cave in Derbyshire, England
Grotto at Bretton Hall ⓘ
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
Hazelbadge Cave ⓘ
cave in the Peak District, UK
Hungerhill Swallet, Swallet Entrance ⓘ
cave in the Peak District, UK
Hungerhill Swallet, Timbered Shaft ⓘ
cave in the Peak District, UK
Ivy Green Cave ⓘ
cave in the Peak District, UK
Lay-by Pot, Oil Drum Entrance ⓘ
cave in the Peak District, UK
Lumb Hole ⓘ
cave in the Peak District, UK
Nettle Pot ⓘ
cave in the Peak District, UK
Outlands Head Cave ⓘ
cave in the Peak District, UK
Oxlow Cavern ⓘ
cave in Derbyshire, England
Oxlow Caverns ⓘ
cave in the Peak District, UK
P8 ⓘ
cave in the Peak District, UK
Paracetam'ole ⓘ
cave in the Peak District, UK
Peak Cavern ⓘ
cave in Castleton, Derbyshire, UK
Peakshole Sough ⓘ
cave in the Peak District, UK
Perryfoot Cave ⓘ
cave in the Peak District, UK
Pictorend Sough ⓘ
cave in the Peak District, UK
Poole's Cavern ⓘ
2 million year old, natural limestone cave on the edge of Buxton in the Peak District, in the county of Derbyshire, England
Revell's Pipe Vein ⓘ
cave in the Peak District, UK
Rowter Hole ⓘ
cave in the Peak District, UK
Sidetrack Cave ⓘ
cave in the Peak District, UK
Son of Longcliffe ⓘ
cave in the Peak District, UK
Speedwell Cavern ⓘ
cave in Castleton, Derbyshire, UK
Streaks Pot, Lower Entrance ⓘ
cave in the Peak District, UK
Streaks Pot, Top Entrance ⓘ
cave in the Peak District, UK
Suicide Cave ⓘ
cave in the Peak District, UK
Titan ⓘ
natural cavern in Derbyshire, England, UK
Treak Cliff Cavern ⓘ
show cave in Derbyshire, England
Waterfall Hole ⓘ
cave in the Peak District, UK
Watergrove Sough ⓘ
cave in the Peak District, UK
Winnats Head Cave ⓘ
cave in the Peak District, UK
Yoga Cave ⓘ
cave in the Peak District, UK
Bamford Colliery ⓘ
former colliery near Manchester
Barrow Colliery ⓘ
former coal mine in South Yorkshire, England
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
Cackle Mackle and Stadford Hollow lead mines on Longstone Moor ⓘ
mine in Great Longstone, United Kingdom
Caphouse Colliery ⓘ
coal mine in Middlestown, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Cop Rake and Moss Rake lead mines 750m north east of Wheston House ⓘ
lead mines between Castleton and Peak Forest in Derbyshire, England, UK
Cortonwood ⓘ
colliery in South Yorkshire, England
Eldon Hill crushing circle, associated lead mining remains and palisaded enclosure on Eldon Hill ⓘ
lead mine and palisaded enclosure in Peak Forest, Derbyshire, England, UK
Elsecar Collieries ⓘ
former collieries in South Yorkshire, England
Engine Sough and associated nucleated lead mine, 500m south of Mam Tor ⓘ
scheduled lead mine remains in Castleton, High Peak, England, UK
Faucet Rake lead mines 870m south west and 930m south east of Oxlow House ⓘ
lead mines in Castleton/Peak Forest, Derbyshire, England, UK
Flockton Collieries ⓘ
coal mine in the UK
Gautries Rake ⓘ
lead mine in Peak Forest, Derbyshire, England, UK
Harpur Hill Quarry ⓘ
lake in the United Kingdom
Hemingfield Colliery ⓘ
colliery in Elsecar, South Yorkshire, England, UK
Hill's Venture lead mine ⓘ
mine in Peak Forest, United Kingdom
How Grove Lead Mine ⓘ
mine in the United Kingdom
Huskar Colliery ⓘ
former coal mine in South Yorkshire, England
Little Pasture Mine ⓘ
lead mine in Eyam, Derbyshire, United Kingdom
New Rake lead mines 600m south east of Rowter Farm ⓘ
mine in Castleton, United Kingdom
Nunnery Colliery ⓘ
former coal mine
Odin Mine nucleated lead mine and ore works, 350m WNW of Knowlegates Farm ⓘ
mine in the United Kingdom
Oxlow Rake lead mines ⓘ
lead mines in Castleton/Peak Forest, Derbyshire, England, UK
Putwell Hill Mine ⓘ
mine in the United Kingdom
Shuttle Eye Colliery ⓘ
coal mine in the UK
Slitherstone and Linacre lead mines and a limekiln 725m south west of Rowter Farm ⓘ
lead mine in Castleton, Derbyshire, England, UK
The former Elsecar New Colliery, including the Elsecar Newcomen Engine ⓘ
colliery in Elsecar, South Yorkshire, England, UK
Watt's Grove Rake lead mines 520m north of Sweetknoll ⓘ
lead mines in Peak Forest, Derbyshire, England, UK
Wharncliffe Woodmoor 1,2 & 3 Colliery ⓘ
Brief history of a colliery based in Carlton, Barnsley
National Coal Mining Museum for England ⓘ
coal mining museum in Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
Barmoor Clough Tunnel ⓘ
railway tunnel in the UK
Batley Carr Tunnel ⓘ
railway tunnel in the UK
Beacon Hill Tunnel ⓘ
railway tunnel in the UK
Bradway Tunnel ⓘ
railway tunnel in the UK
Burbage Tunnel ⓘ
railway tunnel in the UK
Butternab Tunnel ⓘ
railway tunnel in the UK
Chee Tor Tunnels ⓘ
railway tunnel in the UK
Cowburn Tunnel ⓘ
railway tunnel on the Hope Valley Line in England
Cressbrook Tunnel ⓘ
railway tunnel in the UK
Crigglestone Tunnel ⓘ
railway tunnel in the UK
Disley Tunnel ⓘ
railway tunnel in the UK
Dove Holes Tunnel ⓘ
railway tunnel in Derbyshire, England
Hayfield Tunnel ⓘ
abandoned railway tunnel in New Mills, Derbyshire
Headstone 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
Litton Tunnel ⓘ
railway tunnel in the UK
Liversedge Tunnel ⓘ
railway tunnel in the UK
Manchester & Salford Junction Canal Tunnel ⓘ
canal tunnel in Manchester, Greater Manchester, England, UK
Mottram Tunnel ⓘ
New Mills Tunnel ⓘ
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
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
Standedge Tunnels ⓘ
tunnels between Marsden and Diggle in northern England
Stodhart Tunnel ⓘ
tunnel in Derbyshire, England, UK
Thurgoland Tunnel ⓘ
abandoned railway tunnel
Totley Tunnel ⓘ
railway tunnel on the Hope Valley line in England
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
Summit Tunnel ⓘ
railway tunnel near Todmorden, West Yorkshire, England

1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

1988 National Coal Mining Museum for England

1841-01-01T00:00:00Z

1841 Summit Tunnel

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Down coal train emerging from Woodhead Tunnel

New and Old eastern portals during construction of New Woodhead Tunnel, 1950

New Woodhead Tunnel, 1950

Woodhead Tunnels, east portals 1950

New Woodhead Tunnel, May 1951

Woodhead New Tunnel, Dunford Bridge portal, during early construction

Construction of New Woodhead Tunnel, August 1952

The Third Woodhead Tunnel^@ 1954 book by George Dow

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source

link	page		Forgotten Relics of an Enterprising Age page^@	Woodhead New	Wikidata
site	bunker		Birkenshaw Anti-Aircraft Operations Room	Royal Air Force, bunker	Wikidata
site	bunker		Brighouse West Yorkshire Sub County Control	West Yorkshire County Council, civil defense center	Wikidata
site	bunker		Manchester Regional War Room	bunker	Wikidata
site	bunker		Stockport Air Raid Shelters	air-raid shelter, local authority museum, military museum	Wikidata
site	cave		Bagshawe Cavern	cave	Wikidata
site	cave		Bertons Pingles Pipe	cave	Wikidata
site	cave		Black Rabbit Cave	cave	Wikidata
site	cave		Blackwell Dale Cave	cave	Wikidata
site	cave		Bleaklow Cave	cave	Wikidata
site	cave		Blue John Cavern	show cave, mining museum	Wikidata
site	cave		Brinksway Caves	grotto	Wikidata
site	cave		Carlswark Cavern, Eyam Dale Shaft	cave	Wikidata
site	cave		Carlswark Cavern, Flower Pot Entrance	cave	Wikidata
site	cave		Carlswark Cavern, Gin Entrance	cave	Wikidata
site	cave		Carlswark Cavern, Resurgence	cave	Wikidata
site	cave		Carlswark Cavern, Stub Scrin Shaft	cave	Wikidata
site	cave		Coalpithole Rake: Rake Shaft	cave	Wikidata
site	cave		Convenience Cave	cave	Wikidata
site	cave		Cowlow Pot	cave	Wikidata
site	cave		Cucklet Church	cave	Wikidata
site	cave		Cussey Pot	cave	Wikidata
site	cave		Dowse Hole	cave	Wikidata
site	cave		Dr Jackson's Cave	cave	Wikidata
site	cave		Eldon Hole	cave	Wikidata
site	cave		Eyam Dale House Cave	cave	Wikidata
site	cave		Fatigue Pot	cave	Wikidata
site	cave		Gautries Hole	cave	Wikidata
site	cave		Giant's Hole	cave	Wikidata
site	cave		Grotto at Bretton Hall	shell grotto	Wikidata
site	cave		Hazelbadge Cave	cave	Wikidata
site	cave		Hungerhill Swallet, Swallet Entrance	cave	Wikidata
site	cave		Hungerhill Swallet, Timbered Shaft	cave	Wikidata
site	cave		Ivy Green Cave	cave	Wikidata
site	cave		Lay-by Pot, Oil Drum Entrance	cave	Wikidata
site	cave		Lumb Hole	cave	Wikidata
site	cave		Nettle Pot	cave	Wikidata
site	cave		Outlands Head Cave	cave	Wikidata
site	cave		Oxlow Cavern	cave	Wikidata
site	cave		Oxlow Caverns	cave	Wikidata
site	cave		P8	cave	Wikidata
site	cave		Paracetam'ole	cave	Wikidata
site	cave		Peak Cavern	show cave	Wikidata
site	cave		Peakshole Sough	cave	Wikidata
site	cave		Perryfoot Cave	cave	Wikidata
site	cave		Pictorend Sough	cave	Wikidata
site	cave		Poole's Cavern	show cave	Wikidata
site	cave		Revell's Pipe Vein	cave	Wikidata
site	cave		Rowter Hole	cave	Wikidata
site	cave		Sidetrack Cave	cave	Wikidata
site	cave		Son of Longcliffe	cave	Wikidata
site	cave		Speedwell Cavern	show cave	Wikidata
site	cave		Streaks Pot, Lower Entrance	cave	Wikidata
site	cave		Streaks Pot, Top Entrance	cave	Wikidata
site	cave		Suicide Cave	cave	Wikidata
site	cave		Titan	cave	Wikidata
site	cave		Treak Cliff Cavern	show cave	Wikidata
site	cave		Waterfall Hole	cave	Wikidata
site	cave		Watergrove Sough	cave	Wikidata
site	cave		Winnats Head Cave	cave	Wikidata
site	cave		Yoga Cave	cave	Wikidata
site	mine		Bamford Colliery	coal mine	Wikidata
site	mine		Barrow Colliery	coal mine	Wikidata
site	mine		Bradford Colliery	coal mine	Wikidata
site	mine		Brow Pit mine shaft, gin circle, spoil heap and tramway, 270m south west of Catherine Slack Farm	coal mine	Wikidata
site	mine		Cackle Mackle and Stadford Hollow lead mines on Longstone Moor	lead mine	Wikidata
site	mine		Caphouse Colliery	coal mine	Wikidata
site	mine		Cop Rake and Moss Rake lead mines 750m north east of Wheston House	lead mine	Wikidata
site	mine		Cortonwood	coal mine	Wikidata
site	mine		Eldon Hill crushing circle, associated lead mining remains and palisaded enclosure on Eldon Hill	palisaded enclosure, lead mine	Wikidata
site	mine		Elsecar Collieries	coal mine	Wikidata
site	mine		Engine Sough and associated nucleated lead mine, 500m south of Mam Tor	lead mine	Wikidata
site	mine		Faucet Rake lead mines 870m south west and 930m south east of Oxlow House	lead mine	Wikidata
site	mine		Flockton Collieries	coal mine	Wikidata
site	mine		Gautries Rake	lead mine	Wikidata
site	mine		Harpur Hill Quarry	lake, quarry	Wikidata
site	mine		Hemingfield Colliery	coal mine	Wikidata
site	mine		Hill's Venture lead mine	lead mine	Wikidata
site	mine		How Grove Lead Mine	lead mine	Wikidata
site	mine		Huskar Colliery	coal mine	Wikidata
site	mine		Little Pasture Mine	lead mine	Wikidata
site	mine		New Rake lead mines 600m south east of Rowter Farm	lead mine	Wikidata
site	mine		Nunnery Colliery	coal mine	Wikidata
site	mine		Odin Mine nucleated lead mine and ore works, 350m WNW of Knowlegates Farm	lead mine	Wikidata
site	mine		Oxlow Rake lead mines	lead mine	Wikidata
site	mine		Putwell Hill Mine	lead mine	Wikidata
site	mine		Shuttle Eye Colliery	coal mine	Wikidata
site	mine		Slitherstone and Linacre lead mines and a limekiln 725m south west of Rowter Farm	lead mine	Wikidata
site	mine		The former Elsecar New Colliery, including the Elsecar Newcomen Engine	Newcomen atmospheric engine, coal mine	Wikidata
site	mine		Watt's Grove Rake lead mines 520m north of Sweetknoll	lead mine	Wikidata
site	mine		Wharncliffe Woodmoor 1,2 & 3 Colliery	coal mine	Wikidata
site	museum	1988	National Coal Mining Museum for England	independent museum, heritage center, mining museum	Wikidata
site	tunnel		Barmoor Clough Tunnel	railway tunnel	Wikidata
site	tunnel		Batley Carr Tunnel	railway tunnel	Wikidata
site	tunnel		Beacon Hill Tunnel	railway tunnel	Wikidata
site	tunnel		Bradway Tunnel	railway tunnel	Wikidata
site	tunnel		Burbage Tunnel	railway tunnel	Wikidata
site	tunnel		Butternab Tunnel	railway tunnel	Wikidata
site	tunnel		Chee Tor Tunnels	railway tunnel	Wikidata
site	tunnel		Cowburn Tunnel	railway tunnel	Wikidata
site	tunnel		Cressbrook Tunnel	railway tunnel	Wikidata
site	tunnel		Crigglestone Tunnel	railway tunnel	Wikidata
site	tunnel		Disley Tunnel	railway tunnel	Wikidata
site	tunnel		Dove Holes Tunnel	railway tunnel	Wikidata
site	tunnel		Hayfield Tunnel	railway tunnel	Wikidata
site	tunnel		Headstone Tunnel	railway tunnel	Wikidata
site	tunnel		Hipperholme Tunnel	railway tunnel	Wikidata
site	tunnel		Huddersfield Tunnels	railway tunnel	Wikidata
site	tunnel		Lee Bank Tunnel	railway tunnel	Wikidata
site	tunnel		Litton Tunnel	railway tunnel	Wikidata
site	tunnel		Liversedge Tunnel	railway tunnel	Wikidata
site	tunnel		Manchester & Salford Junction Canal Tunnel	canal tunnel	Wikidata
site	tunnel		Mottram Tunnel	water tunnel	Wikidata
site	tunnel		New Mills Tunnel	railway tunnel	Wikidata
site	tunnel		Oakenshaw Tunnel	railway tunnel	Wikidata
site	tunnel		Old Lane Tunnel	railway tunnel	Wikidata
site	tunnel		Railway tunnel portals MVL3/41, west end of Standedge Tunnel	railway tunnel	Wikidata
site	tunnel		Salterhebble Tunnels	railway tunnel	Wikidata
site	tunnel		Shelley Woodhouse Tunnel	railway tunnel	Wikidata
site	tunnel		Soothill Wood Tunnel	railway tunnel	Wikidata
site	tunnel		Sowerby Tunnel	railway tunnel	Wikidata
site	tunnel		Standedge Tunnels	canal tunnel, railway tunnel	Wikidata
site	tunnel		Stodhart Tunnel	tunnel	Wikidata
site	tunnel		Thurgoland Tunnel	railway tunnel	Wikidata
site	tunnel		Totley Tunnel	railway tunnel	Wikidata
site	tunnel		Wheatley Tunnel	railway tunnel	Wikidata
site	tunnel		Winterbutlee Tunnel	railway tunnel	Wikidata
site	tunnel		Woodhead Tunnel	railway tunnel	Wikidata
site	tunnel	1841	Summit Tunnel	railway tunnel	Wikidata
commons	image		Woodhead8625		Commons
commons	image		Woodhead8622		Commons
commons	image		Woodhead8653		Commons
commons	image		Down coal train emerging from Woodhead Tunnel		Commons
commons	image		New and Old eastern portals during construction of New Woodhead Tunnel, 1950		Commons
commons	image		New Woodhead Tunnel, 1950		Commons
commons	image		Woodhead Tunnels, east portals 1950		Commons
commons	image		New Woodhead Tunnel, May 1951		Commons
commons	image		Woodhead New Tunnel, Dunford Bridge portal, during early construction		Commons
commons	image		Construction of New Woodhead Tunnel, August 1952		Commons

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