Butterhouse Tunnel - 329yards.
Constructed by the London and North Western Railway Company (LNWR) the 329 yard Butterhouse Tunnel was part of the “Micklehurst Loop” running between Standedge and Stalybridge, Opened in 1886 to aid congestion on the mainline running between the same locations...
Sherwood Rise Tunnel - 665yards
Opened in 1898 Sherwood Rise Tunnel was part of the Great Central Railway from London Marylebone to Sheffield routed via Leicestershire, initially the first traffic to use the route was coal and general freight with passenger traffic starting in 1899...
These are known as the Hillhouse coal drops, built in 1900 by the London & North Western Railway, as an interface between the Main Railway Network and a local tramway.
Situated on Alder St, Huddersfield.
On top were the Hillhouse sidings seen in the drone photographs, where railway wagons were...