Did this spur of the moment with my daughter. Had a real good mooch and was put to shame regards access by my 13 year old....haha
Light painting was a bit tricky at first but started to get the hang of it as the 'splore progressed.
A bit of history....
The Victoria Tunnel in Liverpool, England is a 2,706 yd (2,474 m) long rail tunnel. Opened in 1849, its eastern portal is adjacent to Edge Hill station. The western portal opens into a short (69 yd or 63 m) cutting, between Byrom Street and Fontenoy Street, the shorter Waterloo Tunnel exits the cutting terminating at Waterloo Dock. The Victoria and Waterloo tunnels are effectively one long tunnel connected by a ventilation cutting. The whole length is generally known as the Waterloo Tunnel.
After 46 years of use, the wire rope broke on 16 February 1895. It was decided to abandon the old rope system as locomotives were now much more powerful to climb the whole tunnel incline without assistance. On 12 June 1895 passenger trains were introduced into the tunnel serving the now-demolished Riverside passenger liner terminal station at the Pier Head.
The Victoria Tunnel was considered as an addition to Merseyrail in 1975, to link the city centre from Liverpool Central underground station to the east of Liverpool. However, the tunnel was rejected in favour of the Wapping Tunnel. Spur works were built to enable a tunnelled connection to the Wapping Tunnel at Central station. However these short tunnels can be used to create tunnel links to either of the tunnels in the future. Budget cuts prevented further work.[2]
In May 2007 it was reported that Merseytravel Chief Executive Neil Scales had prepared a report outlining the possibilities for reuse of the Wapping tunnel and Victoria tunnel with the latter to aid in redeveloping the north shore area of Liverpool. The western portal emerges near to the site of the proposed Liverpool Waters docklands redevelopment scheme.[3] Merseytravel safeguard the tunnel for future use.
SOME PICTURES FOR YOU ALL......
The infamous plastic piggy
Entrance from Stanley dock end..
Looking towards docks from Waterloo tunnel
Collapsed oil lantern....just a little bit of rust
Byrom st cutting from Victoria Tunnel
Victoria tunnel towards Edge Hill
Victoria tunnel once again..
All in all...a great little visit. I recommend to anyone. Really challenging with the lack of light but a great learning curve and pretty easy access (if you're 13 haha)...
Cheers all.
Light painting was a bit tricky at first but started to get the hang of it as the 'splore progressed.
A bit of history....
The Victoria Tunnel in Liverpool, England is a 2,706 yd (2,474 m) long rail tunnel. Opened in 1849, its eastern portal is adjacent to Edge Hill station. The western portal opens into a short (69 yd or 63 m) cutting, between Byrom Street and Fontenoy Street, the shorter Waterloo Tunnel exits the cutting terminating at Waterloo Dock. The Victoria and Waterloo tunnels are effectively one long tunnel connected by a ventilation cutting. The whole length is generally known as the Waterloo Tunnel.
After 46 years of use, the wire rope broke on 16 February 1895. It was decided to abandon the old rope system as locomotives were now much more powerful to climb the whole tunnel incline without assistance. On 12 June 1895 passenger trains were introduced into the tunnel serving the now-demolished Riverside passenger liner terminal station at the Pier Head.
The Victoria Tunnel was considered as an addition to Merseyrail in 1975, to link the city centre from Liverpool Central underground station to the east of Liverpool. However, the tunnel was rejected in favour of the Wapping Tunnel. Spur works were built to enable a tunnelled connection to the Wapping Tunnel at Central station. However these short tunnels can be used to create tunnel links to either of the tunnels in the future. Budget cuts prevented further work.[2]
In May 2007 it was reported that Merseytravel Chief Executive Neil Scales had prepared a report outlining the possibilities for reuse of the Wapping tunnel and Victoria tunnel with the latter to aid in redeveloping the north shore area of Liverpool. The western portal emerges near to the site of the proposed Liverpool Waters docklands redevelopment scheme.[3] Merseytravel safeguard the tunnel for future use.
SOME PICTURES FOR YOU ALL......
The infamous plastic piggy
Entrance from Stanley dock end..
Looking towards docks from Waterloo tunnel
Collapsed oil lantern....just a little bit of rust
Byrom st cutting from Victoria Tunnel
Victoria tunnel towards Edge Hill
Victoria tunnel once again..
All in all...a great little visit. I recommend to anyone. Really challenging with the lack of light but a great learning curve and pretty easy access (if you're 13 haha)...
Cheers all.
but is now a lovely old building full of goth type shops in Renshaw St.
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