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View Full Version : Archived Report - North Woolwich railway tunnel under the royal docks London 06/08


Robotronik
September 5th, 2008, 09:28
This tunnel runs under the Royal Docks in East London. It was built to stop the bottleneck of rail traffic going over the Connaught swing bridge.
Nick Catford has some of his usual thorough detail on the Subbrit site here.
http://www.subbrit.org.uk/sb-sites/stations/n/north_woolwich/index.shtml


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Northern side ventilation shaft

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Northern side ventilation shaft

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Southern side ventilation shaft

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Date stone from southside entrance. One on the north side is there but cover by a new road.