Gilbert Heathcote's tunnel

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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drainage tunnel, United Kingdom, 

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Location: 52.7483, -0.2982, KML, Cluster Map, Maps,
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  Bloody Oaks Quarry ⓘ
  quarry in the UK

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  Castle Bytham Quarry ⓘ
  Disused quarry in Lincolnshire, England

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  Clipsham Old Quarry and Pickworth Great Wood ⓘ
  protected area in Rutland, England

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  North Luffenham Quarry ⓘ
  quarry in the UK

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  Sproxton Quarry ⓘ
  quarry in the UK

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  Ketton Cement Works ⓘ
  business

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  Gilbert Heathcote's tunnel ⓘ
  in Lincolnshire, England

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  Morcott Tunnel ⓘ
  railway tunnel in the UK

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  Toft Tunnel ⓘ
  railway tunnel in the UK

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  Wansford Tunnel ⓘ
  railway tunnel on the preserved Nene Valley Railway in Cambridgeshire

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1929 Ketton Cement Works

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Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
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