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The Liverpool Overhead Railway Southern Extension Tunnel, also known as the Dingle Extension Tunnel or variations thereof, stretches for half a mile from
The tunnel portal at Herculaneum Dock is halfway up a cliff so that the track seamlessly run onto the elevated section of Overhead Railway. The track was electrified using the third rail. The inscription “LOR Southern Extension” lies above the portal. Soon after the entrance the tunnel passes over the Garston and Liverpool Railway railway tunnel which links Brunswick and . The tunnel was twin track and ended beyond the end of Dingle station with twin sets of buffers embedded in the end wall of the tunnel.
The last trains ran on 30 December 1956. The former station was used as motor repair garage until the collapse of the station entrance in 2012, leaving the tunnel and station disused. In April 2020 the private owner of the tunnel was looking to sell it with suggestions it could be used as a wine cellar.
The Liverpool Overhead Railway Southern Extension Tunnel, also known as the Dingle Extension Tunnel or variations thereof, stretches for half a mile from Herculaneum Dock
Herculaneum Dock was part of the Port of Liverpool in Liverpool, England. It was at the south end of the Liverpool dock system, on the River Mersey. To the north it was connected to Harrington Dock. The dock was named after the Herculaneum Pott ...
to Dingle underground railway station, which was the southern terminus of the Liverpool Overhead Railway
The Liverpool Overhead Railway (known locally as the Dockers' Umbrella or Ovee) was an overhead railway in Liverpool which operated along the Liverpool Docks and opened in 1893 with lightweight electric multiple units. The railway had a number ...
.
History
The tunnel was opened for operations on 31 December 1896. Per the inscription on the tunnel entrance it was constructed under the chairmanship ofWilliam Bower Forwood
Sir William Bower Forwood (21 January 1840 – 23 March 1928) was an English merchant, shipowner and politician. He was a wealthy businessman and a local politician in Liverpool who raised money for the building of the Liverpool Overhead Railw ...
by the engineer Charles Douglas Fox
Sir Charles Douglas Fox (14 May 1840 – 13 November 1921) was an English civil engineer.
Early life
Douglas was born in Smethwick, Staffordshire, the oldest son of Sir Charles Fox and had two brothers and a sister. Sir Charles was a civil ...
. Additional engineers attributed on the portal are J. H. Greathead and S. B. Cottrell. Contractors were H. M. Nowell and C. Braddock.
The tunnel was approximately long, wide and high. In the station, reached after the width and height increased to and to accommodate the island platform with tracks each side.
The tunnel portal at Herculaneum Dock is halfway up a cliff so that the track seamlessly run onto the elevated section of Overhead Railway. The track was electrified using the third rail. The inscription “LOR Southern Extension” lies above the portal. Soon after the entrance the tunnel passes over the Garston and Liverpool Railway railway tunnel which links Brunswick and . The tunnel was twin track and ended beyond the end of Dingle station with twin sets of buffers embedded in the end wall of the tunnel.
The last trains ran on 30 December 1956. The former station was used as motor repair garage until the collapse of the station entrance in 2012, leaving the tunnel and station disused. In April 2020 the private owner of the tunnel was looking to sell it with suggestions it could be used as a wine cellar.
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