Albumen print showing navvies in the cutting at the south entrance to Dove Holes tunnel on the Midland Railway's (MR) Rowsley to Buxton extension line. The line was built to connect the MR system with Manchester and, although only 13 miles long, its construction took four years. Crossing the steep valleys and moors of the Derbyshire Peak District was a major engineering project and the Dove Holes Tunnel was nearly 1 3/4 miles long.

Picture Reference: 10316230
Subject: TRADE & INDUSTRY > Civil Engineering > Construction, Tunnels
Inventory No.: 1998-8759-0015
Credit: NRM - Pictorial Collection

Keywords: 1780-1818, 1800s, 19th Century, British Railway, Building, Building, Buxton, Construction, Construction Work, Construction Industry, Derbyshire, Digging, District, Dove, Dove Holes Tunnel, Europe, Hole, Industrial, Industrial Revolution, Industry, Labourers, Locos, London Midland And Scottish Railway, Man-made, Man Made Structure, Man Made, Midland, Midland Railway, Mr, Navvies, Peak, Peak District, Rail Transport, Rail Travel, Railway, Railway Tunnels, Railway Transport, Rowsley, Thoroughfare, Train, Transportation, Transport, Tunnel, Uk, Unattributed, United Kingdom, Workmen

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