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- The Victoria Tunnel is a subterranean wagonway that runs under Newcastle upon Tyne, England, from the Town Moor down to the River Tyne. It was built between 1839 and 1842 to transport coal from Leazes Main Colliery in Spital Tongues, to riverside staithes (jetties), ready for loading onto boats for export. The tunnel was driven through boulder clay, and formed by a base course of stone supporting a brick arch. Loaded wagons descended the incline of the tunnel under their own weight, and were rope-hauled back to the colliery by a stationary engine. The colliery closed in January 1860 and the tunnel was abandoned until the start of the Second World War, when it was converted for use as an air-raid shelter. The tunnel is 2.4 miles (3.9 km) in length with a maximum depth of 85 feet (26 m) and drops 222 feet (68 m) from entrance to exit. It remains largely intact. (en)
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- Location within Tyne and Wear (en)
- A lit section of the Victoria Tunnel near the Ouse Street entrance (en)
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- The pit closes, the equipment is sold and the tunnel is forgotten about. (en)
- The war ends and all the entrances except the one at Ouse Street are blocked up. The tunnel is again left in darkness. (en)
- The river end of the Victoria Tunnel is demolished when the Glass House Bridge is built. (en)
- Management transferred to The Ouseburn Trust. (en)
- Part of the tunnel is converted into a sewer running from Ellison Place to Queen Victoria Road. (en)
- Porter and Latimer, the owners of the Leazes Main Colliery, are granted permission to build the tunnel. Work begins the following year. (en)
- The tunnel is considered as a potential nuclear shelter and plans are made to re-open the World War II entrances. (en)
- Gateshead entrepreneur Thomas Moore establishes the Victoria Tunnel Mushroom Company. He tries to farm mushrooms in the river end of the tunnel, but the business fails to grow and closes the following year. (en)
- War breaks out and the tunnel is outfitted as an air raid shelter: several new entrances are built; bunk beds, benches, electric lighting, and chemical toilets are installed to make it more comfortable; and blast walls are erected inside the Tunnel to make it safe. (en)
- Construction finishes and the tunnel is opened with a cannon salute and a party for the workers in the Bigg Market. (en)
- Newcastle City Council secures Heritage Lottery and Single Programme funding to restore the tunnel and open it to the public. (en)
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- The Victoria Tunnel is a subterranean wagonway that runs under Newcastle upon Tyne, England, from the Town Moor down to the River Tyne. It was built between 1839 and 1842 to transport coal from Leazes Main Colliery in Spital Tongues, to riverside staithes (jetties), ready for loading onto boats for export. The tunnel is 2.4 miles (3.9 km) in length with a maximum depth of 85 feet (26 m) and drops 222 feet (68 m) from entrance to exit. It remains largely intact. (en)
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- Victoria Tunnel (Newcastle) (en)
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