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in 1933 after being open for over 100 years and the tunnel was sealed up 50 years later in the 1980s. Trevor
Griffin, who is project managing the work for the Derbyshire Archaeological Society, said he thought the tunnel could be older than the one regarded as the world's first – which is also in Derbyshire. He said: "The tunnel that was currently generally considered to be the world's oldest was on the Peak Forest Tramway and was built in 1795." The two-year project began in January. The society worked with Wessex Archaeology to reopen the tunnel and made a three-dimensional computer model of the interior using laser scanning. Written evidence suggested the railway was operating by 1793 and Mr Griffin says they were able to prove the line must have run through the tunnel. The Butterley Gangroad, which was engineered by Benjamin Outram, was modernised in the 1840s and turned into a narrow-gauge railway. When the work is completed, the tunnel will be sealed up for further preservation.
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broad gauge train tracks and buildings from the 1850s. At the moment, Archaeologists are further researching the site with laser scanning technology for more artefacts of the
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In May 2013, a group of archaeologists have discovered what is believed as the oldest railway tunnel at
Derbyshire, England. The tunnel lies on the route of the Butterley Gangroad, a horse-operated railway built by 1793 to link the Cromford Canal with the limestone quarries at Crich. The line closed
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Archaeologists in London have discovered a railway infrastructure near the London tube station created by
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Archaeologists have discovered hundreds of artefacts at an excavation site under the London Bridge
Station. Excavation pits were dug 6 metres (20 ft) deep revealing many artefacts from Roman times. Timber piles that were recorded to be from 59 to 83 AD were used for buildings during the first
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