| Kelton Quarry ~20yds, NY067183 |
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| Map showing the tunnel rail connected to the mainline. |
The west portal is in a deep rock cutting. |
The approach through the cutting is quite boggy. |
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| We arrived during a dry spell. The water is probably deeper most of the time. |
The mud looks as though it is usually underwater. It has that beach at low tide look about it. |
The mud is made up of extremely fine silt and is, therefore, particularly gooey! |
The tunnel is only about 20yds long and the mud only extend half way through. |
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| Looking back from the top of the infill at the east end. |
Looking over the the infill towards the buried east portal. For most tunnels that would be end of story... |
...but not here. Looking to the right from the last pic and you see this. |
There is an offshoot of the main tunnel which head up towards the surface. It is blocked at the top. |
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| Photo taken by sticking my camera around the end of the portal in the last pic. |
Turning around and looking down, this is what you see. |
And with a bit of light painting with the camera balanced on a rock. |
Back down to the bottom and looking back the towards the west portal and upwards, there is a sheer rock face. |
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| With a pipe sticking out from above. |
Another view of the rock face. |
And a shot taken showing it in relation to the tunnel portal. |
Looking back towards the portal from the top of the infill. |
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| And from half way down the infill at roof level. |
There are a couple of these in the roof at the west end. Along with numerous 1980's style cans of 'Red' (McEwans). |
Pic taken through the pallisade fencing showing the ground above the offshoot, the tunnel is behind the trees on the left. |
Through the fence again with the filled in tunnel under below the fence in the middle. I'd like a pic from in there... |
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