peterjohn

The chairman of the MSLR was a real action man. While he was building the London Extension line he was also excavating a Channel Tunnel he got about 1 mile under the channel before the government ordered the works stopped. the were worried about invasion through the tunnel.

The map is much appreciated The opening date of 24 Oct 1892 and was 1000 yards long seems out of sequence. The Tunnel was for use by the Great Northern Railway, if the Northern line didn't opened on 1 November 1901. The tunnel stood disused for several years? The Great Central Railway didn't need it untill they built the London Extension line to London about 1897? Peter

There are TWO railway tunnels at Annesley the one that the Robin Hood line uses and the much longer and deeper tunnel which was used by the Great central Railway. Little is known about GCR tunnel It was excavated, I think, between 1894 and 1904, possibly by the Great Northern Railway. I have been trying to find photographs, scale drawings and information on this tunnel for several months. There are some very good construction photographs of the Great Central Railway being built but nothing on the tunnel. Can any one help. Peter