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[Worcester and Birmingham Canal] No 2 was built through the Lapal Tunnel to meet the canal at Selly Oak in 1798. After repeated collapses, the tunnel was finally abandoned in 1917 leaving [Avon Ring] the final section is level. Two short tunnels follow; Tardebigge tunnel is 580 yd (530 m) long and Shortwood tunnel is 613 yd (561 m) long. The canal meanders [Cattybrook Brickpit] was established in 1864. In 1903 Cattybrook also acquired the nearby Shortwood Brickworks. From 1972, they were taken over by the Ibstock Group. The [Diglis Basin] Hills Tunnel (2726 yd) 67  A441  road bridge Upper Bittell Resr and feeder Lower Bittell Resr  M42  road bridge Crown Meadow Arm Shortwood Tunnel (613 [Kings Norton Junction] level for 8.6 miles (13.8 km) as it passes through Wast Hill, Shortwood and Tardebigge tunnels, until it arrives at the top lock of the thirty that form the [Avon and Gloucestershire Railway] Londonderry Wharf on the River Avon; also proposed at this time was a Shortwood Colliery branch from Mangotsfield; this was actually built by the B&GlosR [Bristol and Gloucester Railway] Act of Parliament to build tramways to bring coal from collieries at Shortwood, Parkfield and Coalpit Heath, to the north-east of Bristol, into Bristol [Mangotsfield and Bath branch line] Gloucester line ran north-easterly, with a Mangotsfield station on the Shortwood Road. The Bath line formed a junction about a mile nearer Bristol, and [Mangotsfield railway station] village, just south of what is now the B4465 Main Road in the hamlet of Shortwood, at the junction with the Avon and Gloucestershire Railway. Sited 5 miles [Bristol and Gloucestershire Railway] apparently connected to the B&GlosR line. A little further south was Shortwood Colliery at about NGR ST680763, which had a branch line to serve it, about
 
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Birmingham Worcester Canal - Shortwood Tunnel - Light Show
Mar 16, 2014 ... A very rare few moments when the Sun is at the right height and angle to spectacularly light the entire 562metre tunnel from end to end . . .
Shortwood Tunnel
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Shortwood Tunnel - YouTube
May 12, 2011 ... The great downhill over Shortwood Tunnel on the Worcester & Birmingham canal going to Tardebigge from Alvechurch.
Worcester and Birmingham Canal - Wikipedia
The Worcester and Birmingham Canal is a canal linking Birmingham and Worcester in England ... Shortwood Tunnel. (613 yd) ... The Dudley Canal Line No 2 was built through the Lapal Tunnel to meet the canal at Selly Oak in 1798.
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Shortwood Tunnel © Philip Halling :: Geograph Britain and Ireland
Apr 25, 2013 ... taken 8 years ago, near to Alvechurch, Worcestershire, Great Britain. This is 1 of 3 images, with title Shortwood Tunnel in this square. More sizes.
Worcester Birmingham Canal|Canal - CanalGuide.co
Just after the top lock you come across Tardebigge Tunnel and then Shortwood Tunnel - they are 580 and 610 yards long respectively, and you might need your  ...
Shortwood Tunnel, Worcester & Birmingham Canal | Birmingham ...
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