SCRCA Secondary Reference: Review of Anderson & Fox (1986) for 254480

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Plate 69 is a typical winter image looking north in October 1963.  In the foreground is Bridge 99 (see SCRCA structure 253890) in course of reconstruction.  On the hill above the tunnel mouth the irregular outline of a spoil heap can be seen adjacent to a ventilating shaft (see SCRCA structure 254360 and 254370).

Figure 31 is an official drawing of the northern portal of Rise Hill tunnel which as been added here as the noters state that the north and south portals are the same.  The tunnel runs for 1,213yds through fells which stretch from Rise Hill to Mossdale Moor.  The tunnel has stone side walls and arch at each end and stone and brick side walls and a brick arch wall between.  The two ventilation shafts (deepest 147ft) were used during construction to form additional headings.  At the time of building, the tunnel was known variously as Cowgill or Black Moss.