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Stone Arch to Southern Entrance of Milford Railway Tunnel, Belper

Description: Stone Arch to Southern Entrance of Milford Railway Tunnel

Grade: II
Date Listed: 13 December 1979
English Heritage Building ID: 78502

OS Grid Reference: SK3447744683
OS Grid Coordinates: 434477, 344683
Latitude/Longitude: 52.9984, -1.4877

Locality: Belper
Local Authority: Amber Valley
County: Derbyshire
Country: England
Postcode: DE56 0QW

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Listing Text

DERBY ROAD
l.
5167
Milford
Stone arch to southern
entrance of Milford
Railway Tunnel
SK 3444 6/203
II
2.
1840. Part of North Midland Railway surveyed by George Stephenson. Some evidence
tunnel portals designed by Francis Thompson. Concentric stone semi-circular
arches in decreasing series as northern entrance (qv). This was the longest
railway tunnel in the country when it was built.



Listing NGR: SK3447744683

Source: English Heritage

Listed building text is © Crown Copyright. Reproduced under licence: PSI Click-use licence number C2008002006.



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