78 miles of railway heritage between Hellifield and Carlisle
Plate 109 is a view of the north end of Birkett Tunnel in October 1984. The Tunnel was driven through a geological phenomena in which shale, mountain limestone, magnesium limestone, slate, grit, iron, coal and lead ore were encountered.
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