Tar Tunnel Tar Tunnel No Data

Description


Originally built to create an underground canal to link the coal fields on Blists hill to the River Severn during it's construction the miners hit a well of natural bitumen which still oozes from the walls of the tunnel. The idea of a canal was quickly abandoned (replaced by the next door impressive inclined plane) and the bitumen was extracted for a number of years.

Charge


Charge, Part of the Ironbridge Passport

Getting There


Latitude: 52.619986; Longitude: -2.452912
What3Words: enclosing.highbrow.dimension

Photos


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Web Link


www.ironbridge.org.uk
Disclaimer: Details correct at time of writing (13/08/2011), and on time of last update (27/08/2011) but may no longer be accurate, particularly if some time has passed.