SCRCA Location Type: Access Shaft (aka air shaft / ventilation shaft)

Location Type Code
AS

'Access Shafts' were originally built to speed-up the construction of long tunnels by allowing multiple tunnelling faces to be worked at the same time. Many have subsequently been converted to air shafts / ventilation shafts, although some were capped at the end of the construction process.

Examples

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SCRCA Location Variant: Access Shaft - Capped

SCRCA Location Variant: Access Shaft - Converted to air shaft

Location ID: 249800

Blea Moor Tunnel Air Shaft 1

Blea Moor Tunnel Air Shaft 1: Elevation view from the south

Location ID: 249950

Blea Moor Tunnel Air Shaft 2

Blea Moor Tunnel Air Shaft 2: Elevation view from the south

Location ID: 250470

Blea Moor Tunnel Air Shaft 3

Blea Moor Tunnel Air Shaft 3: Elevation view from the south-east

Location ID: 254370

Rise Hill Tunnel Air Shaft 1

254370: Rise Hill Tunnel Air Shaft 1: Detail view from the north

Location ID: 254600

Rise Hill Tunnel Air Shaft 2

254600: Rise Hill Tunnel Air Shaft 2: Detail view from the east
 

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