Whiteball Tunnel
From Graces Guide
at the Wellington Bank, the Bristol and Exeter Railway
1842 Digging of the tunnel commenced. A temporary terminus was established in the hamlet of Beam Bridge on 1 May 1843, from which passengers were taken by carriage to the far side of the hill, and then taken by another train from Burlescombe, Devon to Exeter.
From January 1842, 1,000 navvies were encamped at White Ball. They sank 14 vertical shafts during the 1,092-yard (999 m) tunnel's construction. The temporary terminus at Beam Bridge stayed in place for a year, until the tunnel was opened on 1 May 1844.
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