Clay Cross Tunnel
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Clay Cross Tunnel is a 1,784 yards tunnel on the Midland Main Line line near Clay Cross in Derbyshire, England. It was the most substantial single civil engineering feature present on the North Midlan
An East Midlands Trains Meridian service leaving the tunnel
The northern portal of Clay Cross Tunnel
Clay Cross Company
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The Clay Cross Company was founded as George Stephenson and Co. in 1837 by the railway pioneer, George Stephenson. The company established coal mines, ironworks, brickworks and pipe factories at Clay
Clay Cross Tunnel
…George Stephenson's decision to open a colliery and iron works nearby, establishing a new company, George Stephenson and Co., subsequently renamed the Clay Cross Company, to exploit it. It would be a major local employer for the next 150 years. Construction began on 2 February 1837 when the first sod was turned for the…
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Clay Cross Tunnel
Brick from the Clay Cross Company's brickworks