Date: 14/01/2022

After it was built in 1893, the tunnel, in Bristol, was named the Clifton Rocks Railway and was the widest in the world. It was then repurposed in WII to house the BBC's broadcasting equipment.

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Video reveals Bristol tunnel that was BBC's back-up base in WWII

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After it was built in 1893, the tunnel, in Bristol, was named the Clifton Rocks Railway and was the widest in the world. It was then repurposed in WII to house the BBC's broadcasting equipment.

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Entrance to the Clifton Rocks Railway, Bristol, a hydraulically powered funicular within the cliff face of the Avon Gorge, closed in 1934. See image [[33145]]
Location: Clifton
Company: Clifton Rocks Railway
11/03/2003 Ewan Crawford

View across the Avon on 11 March, a short distance south of the former Hotsprings railway terminus, showing abandoned landing stages and the lower entrance to the Clifton Rocks Railway, built into the face of the Avon Gorge see image [[17977]]. The former funicular railway, closed in 1934, is currently the subject of considerable preservation activity.
Location: Clifton
Company: Clifton Rocks Railway
11/03/2011 Peter Todd

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