The tunnel lies on a 1 in 100 gradient, suffers a lot of water ingress &
the cutting at strines has been filled in (except the last 100 yds) by the land owner
water submerges the south portal - cutting & reaches at least 1 / 2 mile in the tunnel.
2 pumps have been installed at the south to remove the water,
the first failed & the second removed the water, but was withdrawn because of a failure to pay the landowner rent
1 pump was then installed at the north to remove the water which failed too
on both occasions the strines beck at the south & 2 becks at the north became polluted.
All remaining attempts were abandoned & the tunnel filled with water, currently submerging the south portal & cutting.
the tunnel has been partially blocked at airshaft no. 3, with gabions filled with aggregate & completely blocked at airshaft no. 4 with aggregate (been poured through the shaft).
Some of the roof, walls & airshaft no. 1 & 2 have been strengthened with cages treated with shotcrete,
a lot of the cages remain untreated & there's 2 major collapses which no attempt has been made to fix them.
The work has been appalling with incompetence & cost cutting,
the tunnel is owned by the department for transport &
maintained by national highways as part of the heritage railway estate (hre).
Visited with @ACID- REFLUX
The Queensbury tunnel is 2501yds long,
forming part of the great northern railway (gnr) between Queensbury & Holmfield.
The north portal lies in a steep cutting with a partial collapse,
is in poor condition, sealed by a 12ft palisade & razor wire.
There's 5 air shafts (all capped), air shaft no 3 being the deepest at 379ft
there's refuges on both sides of the tunnel.
The roof is made a mix of stone & brick, the walls are made of stone
the tunnel is suffering a lot of water ingress.
The south portal is in acceptable condition, sealed by a 6ft palisade
& exits in a 1033yd long, 59ft cutting at strines (filled in except the last 100yds).
The tunnel opened in 1878, closed on 26th May 1956.
Queensbury tunnel & culverts before the work
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& after
north cutting & portal with 12ft palisade & razor wire
1st shotcrete section
airshaft no. 1
2 collapses
airshaft no. 2
2nd shotcrete section
untreated cages
water boundary airshaft no. 3 (partially blocked with gabions) & airshaft no. 4 ( completely blocked with aggregate) lies beyond
partially or completely submerged
south portal & cutting submerged
thanks
the cutting at strines has been filled in (except the last 100 yds) by the land owner
water submerges the south portal - cutting & reaches at least 1 / 2 mile in the tunnel.
2 pumps have been installed at the south to remove the water,
the first failed & the second removed the water, but was withdrawn because of a failure to pay the landowner rent
1 pump was then installed at the north to remove the water which failed too
on both occasions the strines beck at the south & 2 becks at the north became polluted.
All remaining attempts were abandoned & the tunnel filled with water, currently submerging the south portal & cutting.
the tunnel has been partially blocked at airshaft no. 3, with gabions filled with aggregate & completely blocked at airshaft no. 4 with aggregate (been poured through the shaft).
Some of the roof, walls & airshaft no. 1 & 2 have been strengthened with cages treated with shotcrete,
a lot of the cages remain untreated & there's 2 major collapses which no attempt has been made to fix them.
The work has been appalling with incompetence & cost cutting,
the tunnel is owned by the department for transport &
maintained by national highways as part of the heritage railway estate (hre).
Visited with @ACID- REFLUX
The Queensbury tunnel is 2501yds long,
forming part of the great northern railway (gnr) between Queensbury & Holmfield.
The north portal lies in a steep cutting with a partial collapse,
is in poor condition, sealed by a 12ft palisade & razor wire.
There's 5 air shafts (all capped), air shaft no 3 being the deepest at 379ft
there's refuges on both sides of the tunnel.
The roof is made a mix of stone & brick, the walls are made of stone
the tunnel is suffering a lot of water ingress.
The south portal is in acceptable condition, sealed by a 6ft palisade
& exits in a 1033yd long, 59ft cutting at strines (filled in except the last 100yds).
The tunnel opened in 1878, closed on 26th May 1956.
Queensbury tunnel & culverts before the work
Report - - Queensbury tunnel, Bradford, February 2014 & August 2016 | Underground Sites
photographs 1 - 9, 18 & 20 circa February 2014 10 - 17, 19 & 21 circa August 2016 Queensbury tunnel, Bradford, by stranton visited solo & with @ACID- REFLUX The Queensbury tunnel is 2501yds long , running from Clayton (north) to Holmfield (south) runs beneath...
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Report - - Queensbury culverts, Yorkshire, November 2018. | UK Draining Forum
I found this while reading about Queensbury tunnel & station, a lot of this is stoopy or requires crawling. visited with @ACID- REFLUX ( yes he's alive & well) There's 2 becks draining the fields at each side of Queensbury tunnel, north cutting they both pass through culverts merging beneath...
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& after
north cutting & portal with 12ft palisade & razor wire
1st shotcrete section
airshaft no. 1
2 collapses
airshaft no. 2
2nd shotcrete section
untreated cages
water boundary airshaft no. 3 (partially blocked with gabions) & airshaft no. 4 ( completely blocked with aggregate) lies beyond
partially or completely submerged
south portal & cutting submerged
thanks
