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	Kilsby Tunnel
		The Kilsby Tunnel is a railway tunnel on the West Coast Mainline railway in England.
		The tunnel is located near the village of Kilsby in Northamptonshire roughly 5 miles (8 km) southeast of Rugby.
		At the time of it's opening, Kilsby tunnel was the longest tunnel in the world, and is today the 18th longest tunnel on the British railway system.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/ki/Kilsby_Tunnel.html (132 words)

	Kilsby - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Kilsby is a village and parish in the Daventry district of Northamptonshire, England situated approximately five miles south-east of Rugby.
		Kilsby has a population of 1,221 (2001 census).
		It gives its name to the Kilsby Tunnel on the West Coast Main Line.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Kilsby (132 words)

	Kilsby Tunnel - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Kilsby Tunnel is a railway tunnel on the West Coast Main Line railway in England.
		The tunnel is located near the village of Kilsby in Northamptonshire roughly 5 miles (8 km) southeast of Rugby.
		The tunnel was opened in 1838 as a part of the London and Birmingham Railway.
	en.wikipedia.org /?title=Kilsby_Tunnel (205 words)

	Railway Tunnels Page 1
		It was to be, as indeed it is, 2399 yards in length, with two shafts of the extraordinary size of sixty feet in diameter, not only to give air and ventilation, but to admit light enough to enable the engine-driver, in passing through it with a train, to see the rails from end to end.
		In order to drive the tunnel, it was deemed necessary to construct eighteen working shafts, by which, like the heavings of a mole, the contents of the subterranean gallery were to be brought to the surface.
		The tunnel, thirty feet high by thirty feet broad, was formed of bricks, laid in cement, and the bricklayers were progressing in lengths averaging twelve feet, when those who were nearest the quicksand, on driving into the roof, were suddenly almost overwhelmed by a deluge of water, which burst in upon them.
	www.web-books.com /Classics/YoungFolks/LondonBook/LondonBookC110P1.htm (372 words)

	Learn more about List of tunnels in the United Kingdom in the online encyclopedia. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Tunnels in the United Kingdom is a link page for any road-, railway-, waterway- or other form of tunnel, anywhere in the United Kingdom.
		Saltash Tunnel connecting the Tamar Bridge and the A38.
		Totley Tunnel in Sheffield is approximately 6km long and was completed in 1893.
	onlineencyclopedia.org /l/li/list_of_tunnels_in_the_united_kingdom.html (195 words)

	Kilsby Tunnel
		The men working on this part of the tunnel were only saved from drowning, according to Samuel Smiles, "by means of a raft on which they were towed by one of the engineers swimming with the rope in his mouth to the lower end of the shaft".
		For a time Stephenson considered abandoning the tunnel but after talking to his father, George Stephenson, it was decided to try and pump out the water from the top by powerful engines erected over each shaft.
		The original estimated cost of the tunnel was £99,000 but by the time it was completed, the London and Birmingham Company had spent nearly £300,0000 on the Kilsby Tunnel.
	www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /RAkilsby.htm (336 words)

	History
		Captain Sir John Smith led a troop of 30 or so horsemen early on this wet morning into Kilsby, but the people seem not to have been taken by surprise because the villagers met the troops, some with muskets and others with pitchforks and clubs.
		The tunnel took approximately 30,000,000 bricks and was finished in 1838.
		Kilsby School Log starts in October 1872, but the National School was probably founded in 1839.
	www.kilsby.northants.sch.uk /history.htm (408 words)

	The Engineering Timelines Map of The British Isles
		Built as part of the London & Birmingham Railway, Kilsby Tunnel was by far the longest tunnel for steam engines attempted at that time.
		Kilsby Tunnel is 2,426yds long and is unusually high at 28ft.
		The tunnel also has two huge ventilation shafts of 60ft diameter, which can be seen from nearby raods.
	www.engineering-timelines.com /scripts/engineeringItem.asp?id=81 (143 words)

	THE "ROYAL SCOT" ROUTE
		This tunnel affords a striking instance of the difficulties of the railway pioneers.
		To overcome the objections raised, the Watford Tunnel was designed to carry the railway line out of sight of the great parks, and although it involved the company in heavy expense it served its purpose and solved the problem of access from London to the industrial areas of the north-west.
		Their tunnelling may be said to have been carried out through the very backbone of England, since the limestone ridge at Kilsby is a watershed, separating by a narrow strip of land the water which drains westward, into the Severn system, from that which flows eastward into the North Sea.
	mikes.railhistory.railfan.net /r001.html (3827 words)

	Kilsby Tunnel (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The Kilsby Tunnel was built for the London and Birmingham Railway between 1834 and 1838.
		The story goes that the railway had to be built via this route because local landowners in Northampton object to the railway going near their town.
		It is 2,426 yards (2,218 metres) long and at the time it was built was the longest railway tunnel in the world.
	www.btinternet.com /~bpsheridan/KilsbyTunnel1.html (115 words)

	Steam Corner 15
		It is therefore even more remarkable how some of the more daring engineering ventures were carried out, despite the lack of technology in the Victorian era; Kilsby Tunnel being a prime example during it's construction.
		Robert Stephenson, the son of George, and the railway's chief engineer, was called upon to advise with this project when quicksand was discovered, and halted the exploits of 1200 navvies employed in the task.
		After two years, and the loss of the lives of 26 navvies, at a cost of £300,000 (thrice the original estimate), Kilsby Tunnel opened on September 17th, 1838, being at that time the world's longest tunnel.
	www.thecryptmag.com /Online/36/SteamCorner15.html (693 words)

	Structurae [en]: Images: ID 49936
		Two of the ventilating shafts for Kilsby Tunnel were built to the exceptionally large diameter of 60 feet, capped by impressive towers.
		The sloping ground to the right is the spoil heap resulting from the excavation of the Tunnel.
		This picture is copyrighted material and may not be used without explicit approval by the photographer and/or copyright owner.
	en.structurae.de /photos/index.cfm?JS=48913 (75 words)

	Making the Modern World - Constructing the railway system
		Kilsby Tunnel on the London and Birmingham Railway was, at 2,400 yards, the longest railway tunnel built up to that time.
		The contractors faced many challenges while building the line, in particular during construction of the Kilsby tunnel in Northamptonshire.
		In 1832 businessmen in Bristol proposed a line to connect their city, a flourishing port in the west of England, with London.
	www.makingthemodernworld.org.uk /stories/the_age_of_the_engineer/01.ST.04/?scene=7&tv=true (1326 words)

	October 12th
		Long tunnels and miles of deep excavation had to be driven through unknown strata.
		Then there was that terrible contract of the Kilsby tunnel, which broke the Nowells, and killed one of them.
		The contractors to the north of Kilsby were more fortunate, though.
	www.thebookofdays.com /months/oct/12.htm (2268 words)

	Picture
		It was drawn and lithographed by J C Bourne, printed by Day and Haghe, lithographers to the Queen and published by J. Bourne.
		In the scene the artist used a shaft of light to highlight the work of the navvies, with one worker being hoisted up to the surface with the rubble.
		The Kilsby tunnel proved to be more expensive to build than other tunnel on the London and Birmingham Railway.
	www.sciencemuseum.org.uk /collections/exhiblets/Bourne/kilsby.asp (106 words)

	Kilsby Tunnel Vent on Flickr - Photo Sharing!
		At the side of the A5 near Kilsby, this strange structure can be seen.
		The tunnel was built in 1834 as part of the London and Birmingham Railway.
		At the time, it was the longest tunnel for steam engines (2.2km) and needed lots of ventilation!
	www.flickr.com /photo.gne?id=38031402 (373 words)

	Northamptonshire, England's Cities, Towns, Villages and Settlements
		Notable features include a flight of 17 locks on the Grand Union at Rothersthorpe, the canal museum at Stoke Bruerne, and a tunnel at Blisworth which, at 3076 yards (2813 m), is the third-longest navigable canal tunnel on the UK canal network.
		A branch of the Grand Union Canal connects to the River Nene in Northampton and has been upgraded to a "wide canal" in places and is known as the Nene Navigation.
		As early as 1897 Northamptonshire had its own putative Channel Tunnel rail link with the creation of the Great Central Railway, which was intended to connect to a tunnel under the English Channel.
	www.hometownengland.com /northamptonshire (2278 words)

	Watercolour paintings of Kilsby by Jim Sorrell
		Several views of St Faiths Church have been made, commemorating weddings, etc. Indeed, several versions of the ‘Summer’ painting have been produced, and one, presented to the Twinning Association, was presented to the Mayor of Hericy (Kilsby’s French twin-village) and is hung in his Office.
		Kilsby is associated with Robert Stephenson’s London to Birmingham Railway, as in 1835-1836 the one and a quarter mile Tunnel was opened after an epic and dramatic time in dealing with underground water and quicksands, some achievement without the aid of mechanical digging machines.
		Two sets of A4 folded to A6 Notelets, marked (1) and (2) are available at £2.25 per set, including envelopes.
	www.jimsorrellart.co.uk /kilsby.htm (180 words)

	The Iron Horse by R.M. Ballantyne : Arthur's Classic Novels
		The Kilsby tunnel of the London and North west Railway is a case in point.
		When that tunnel was proposed, it was arranged that it should be about 3000 yards long, and 160 feet below the surface, with two great ventilating shafts 60 feet in diameter.
		What we have said of the Kilsby tunnel gives a slight glimpse of some of the expenses, difficulties, and dangers that occasionally attend the construction of a railway.
	arthurwendover.com /arthurs/ball/irnhrs10.html (18326 words)

	Railways and Steam - Book List
		However, his life was dogged by tragedy and near disaster, from his narrow escape from death when the water burst into the Thames tunnel he was building, to the heartbreaking problems of the Great Eastern.
		Wolverton Viaduct, Primrose Hill Tunnel, Tring and Blisworth cuttings were all major obstacles, but the greatest challenge of all to Robert Stephenson’s skill, courage and perseverance was Kilsby Tunnel – more than a mile long through a hill whose centre consisted of quicksands fed by underground springs and a subterranean lake.
		Yet his strength was nothing compared to his mental energy and initiative, involving schemes for mechanical refrigeration, tunnelling under the Thames, wreck salvage, agricultural machinery, land reclamation, and gun mountings.
	www.shirebooks.co.uk /Railways/railways-bl.htm (2519 words)

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		It was the opposition of the late proprietor, the Earl of Essex, that forced upon the engineer of the line the formidable tunnel, which was once considered an astonishing railway work,--now nothing is astonishing in engineering.
		But as this tunnel is curved the transition would be more complete.
		After Weedon we pass through Kilsby Tunnel, 2,423 yards long, which was once one of the wonders of the world; but has been, by the progress of railway works, reduced to the level of any other long dark hole.
	www.gutenberg.org /files/13271/13271.txt (15437 words)

	The Lancashire Gallery. Fine antique maps, prints, and cartoons
		Warehouses at the end of the tunnel, towards Wapping.
		The illustration is of the East entrance to Elland Tunnel.
		View from the top of Kilsby Tunnel, looking towards Rugby.
	www.lancashiregallery.co.uk /4515/14916.html?sessionidkey=sessionidval (708 words)

	Science and Society Picture Library - Search
		Working shaft, Kilsby Tunnel, Northamptonshire, 8 July 1837.
		'Pumps, Ventilating Shaft, Kilsby Tunnel', Northamptonshire, 15 July 1837.
		Headgear and pumps at Kilsby Tunnel, Northamptonshire, 16 July 1837.
	www.scienceandsociety.co.uk /results.asp?txtkeys1=Northamptonshire (87 words)

	Institution of Civil Engineers :: Knowledge :: Library
		The tubular bridge was in many ways a triumph of British engineering, with the ironwork designed according to the system developed by Stephenson and his colleagues for the Britannia Bridge, and fabricated in Birkenhead for export.
		Pumps for Kilsby tunnel, London - Birmingham Railway - 1836
		Kilsby tunnel was the most difficult engineering challenge for Robert Stephenson on the London and Birmingham Railway due to the presence of groundwater
	www.ice.org.uk /knowledge/library_image_gallery.asp?faculty=&Doctype=&searchString=&whichpage=7 (305 words)

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		It was said of him, when cutting the Grand Trunk Canal in 1767, Brindley handles rocks as easily as you would plum pies; yet he is as plain a looking man as one of the hoors of the Peak.
		When a deep valley lay in the way, and an earth embankment was found not to be feasible, then a viaduct was adopted, and even where an arm of the sea, such as the Menai Strait, had to be over- leaped, the work was accomplished by means of iron tubes suspended in mid-air.
		It is difficult to form an adequate idea of the immense quantity of earth, rock, and clay, that has been picked, blasted, shovelled and wheeled into embnnkments by English navvies during the last thirty years.
	lcweb2.loc.gov /ndlpcoop/nicmoas/livn-1/livn0057.sgm (19690 words)

	Hosteries of Crick
		During the 1800's the pub was a popular resting place for Welsh cattle drovers on their way to Northampton Market.
		Later in the 1870's the construction of the Northampton-Rugby Railway loop-line (click here to visit the Kilsby Tunnel web site) brought in the navvies and their families, increasing the population of Crick by approximately 100 and they adopted the pub as their local drinking hostelry.
		Prior to the Second World War, people started to frequent the pub from further afield, now travelling by bus, bicycle or pony and cart to enjoy an evening of music, song and games.
	clutch.open.ac.uk /schools/crick01/ShoulderMutton-building.html (178 words)

	Kilsby Tunnel, Northamptonshire
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		L1284 The entrance to Kilsby Tunnel on the London and North Western Railway in Northamptonshire, circa 1897.
		The buildings next to the mouth of the tunnel are most likely temporary structures erected for maintenance work being carried out in the tunnel itself.
	www.railwayarchive.org.uk /Lpages/html/L1284.html (93 words)

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