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Totley Tunnel is a 6230-yard (5.6-km) tunnel on the former Midland Railway Manchester-Sheffield line between Totley on the outskirts of Sheffield and Grindleford. It was completed in 1893 and is the longest main line railway tunnel within England that runs under land for its entire length. Western portal of Totley Tunnel near Grindleford, Derbyshire. ... Western portal of Totley Tunnel near Grindleford, Derbyshire. ... This article is about the unit of measure known as the yard. ... A kilometre (American spelling: kilometer, symbol: km) is a unit of length equal to 1000 metres (from the Greek words khilia = thousand and metro = count/measure). ... Disused railway tunnel now converted to pedestrian and bicycle use, near Houyet, Belgium A tunnel is an underground passage. ... Dore and Totley ward is one of the 28 electoral wards in City of Sheffield, England. ... Sheffield is a city and metropolitan borough in the north of England. ... Grindleford is a small town in the county of Derbyshire, United Kingdom. ... 1893 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ...
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History and construction (http://www.wishful-thinking.org.uk/genuki/DBY/Grindleford/TotleyTunnel.html)
The churchyard catered for Dore and the local village of Totley, which did not gain it’s own church until somewhat later.Hence we find the two communities separated on either side of the churchyard in death, as they were in life.
Near the main road wall some small stones are tucked away, sadly recalling the itinerant ‘navvies’ and their families who died of smallpox during the digging of the nearby TotleyTunnel in 1893.
A new ‘Dore Road’ was built by the Duke of Devonshire connecting his village to the station, and along it Victorian Villas spread, bringing new prosperity to the area.
The Severn Tunnel was under construction between 1873 and 1886, and the TotleyTunnel between 1888 and 1893.
The tunnel was necessary to carry a branch of the Midland Railway between Sheffield and Manchester, and the Railway had let two main contracts for its construction: Thomas Oliver and Sons of Horsham, was responsible for the first 10½ miles, which included TotleyTunnel, and the remainder was the responsibility of J. Edwards of Chester.
The tunnel is straight throughout with the exception of a curve at Grindleford.
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