Haie Hill Railway Tunnel

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Originally a horse-drawn tramway, the Bullo Pill Railway carried coal, iron and stone from the Forest of Dean to the tiny port of Bullo Pill on the River Severn's west bank. Authorised by a Parliamentary Act in 1809, its 1,083-yard Haie Hill Tunnel, engineered by John Hodgkinson, was the world's longest when it opened a year later. The bore was driven through the lower strata of old red sandstone by contractor Robert Tipping. With passenger trains already gone, official closure of the line to all traffic came on 1st August 1967.
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Coordinates:   51°47'17"N   2°28'44"W
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