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Description: | October 2003
View of the Bramhope Tunnel Memorial in Church Lane built in remembrance of all the men who were killed in the construction of the Bramhope Tunnel on the Leeds and Thirsk railway. This castellated stone building is a replica of the tunnels northern portal entrance. The Bramhope Tunnel opened in 1849 and took several years to build during which time 23 men lost their lives. There were so many injuries at the site that a specially sprung cart was provided for Leeds Infirmary to take casualties the seven miles to the hospital. The tunnel itself is 2 miles and 243 yards long, 25 feet high. At peak times during its construction as many as 2300 men and 400 horses were employed. There were quarrymen, stonemasons, tunnel men, labourers and carpenters all living in makeshift accommodation in a field opposite Bramhope Cemetery. | License: | http://www.leodis.net/article.aspx?id=12 | Rights holder: | Leeds Central Library | Subjects: | Church Lane Bramhope Tunnel Memorial | Source: | Leodis - A photographic archive of Leeds | Identifier: | http://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?id=20... | Go to resource |
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