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1849 A double-track tunnel was built from the Edge Hill cutting to Crown Street; its eastern end was to the south of the original Crown Street and the Wapping tunnel portals. The new tunnel was shorter than the original as its western portal opened out into a cutting. The opening of the new tunnel allowed locomotives to run to Crown Street for the first time. The original tunnel with its cable and gravity-working continued to be used. | 1849 A double-track tunnel was built from the Edge Hill cutting to Crown Street; its eastern end was to the south of the original Crown Street and the Wapping tunnel portals. The new tunnel was shorter than the original as its western portal opened out into a cutting. The opening of the new tunnel allowed locomotives to run to Crown Street for the first time. The original tunnel with its cable and gravity-working continued to be used. | ||
Remarkable recent photographs of the cutting and the tunnels [https://www.28dayslater.co.uk/threads/the-end-of-the-line-edge-hill-engine-station-crown-street-and-wapping-tunnels-liverpool-sept-2020.125197/ ''here'']<ref>[https://www.28dayslater.co.uk/threads/the-end-of-the-line-edge-hill-engine-station-crown-street-and-wapping-tunnels-liverpool-sept-2020.125197/] 28DaysLater.co.uk website: Report - The End of The Line: Edge Hill Engine Station, Crown Street and Wapping Tunnels (Liverpool, Sept, 2020)</ref> | |||
Revision as of 23:18, 20 January 2022
A tunnel built for the Liverpool and Manchester Railway to serve Liverpool Crown Street Station
The tunnel was just to the east of the station. Passenger trains were worked from the Edge Hill cutting by cable through the tunnel. Departing trains from Crown Street station ran under gravity with a brakeman controlling the speed.
1826 Work started on constructing the tunnel, which was completed by 1829.
In 1829 the following advertisement was placed: 'PUBLIC ADMITTANCE TO THE RAILWAY TUNNEL. THE TUNNEL of the LIVERPOOL and MANCHESTER RAILWAY, ILLUMINATED with GAS LIGHTS, will be OPENED to the INSPECTION of the PUBLIC, This day (FRIDAY) the 31st instant, between the Hours of Twelve and Five in the Afternoon. Admittance, ONE SHILLING. Children under Twelve Years of Age, accompanied by their Parents or Friends, will be admitted Gratis.
By order of the Directors.
Board Room, July, 1829.
Entrance through the Archway, Crown-street, Crabtree-lane.'[1]
1836. With the opening of the new Liverpool Lime Street station, Crown Street station closed to passengers.
The Crown Street site became a goods facility.
1849 A double-track tunnel was built from the Edge Hill cutting to Crown Street; its eastern end was to the south of the original Crown Street and the Wapping tunnel portals. The new tunnel was shorter than the original as its western portal opened out into a cutting. The opening of the new tunnel allowed locomotives to run to Crown Street for the first time. The original tunnel with its cable and gravity-working continued to be used.
Remarkable recent photographs of the cutting and the tunnels here[2]
See Also
Sources of Information
- [2] Disused stations