| Catalogue Finding Number | WYHER/4663 |
| Office record is held at | Historical Environment Record, West Yorkshire Archaeology Advisory Service |
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| Title | Flockton Waggonway Tunnel and Entrance Portal |
| Description | Stone built tunnel. Said to date from the mid late 18th c. with viaduct (PRN 4664 ), forms section of mineral railway which formerly ran from Lane End coal pit (PRN 6680 SE 1555 1495) to Coke Ovens at Smithy Brook (SE 262 178) and thence to Calder and Hebble navigation south of Horbury.
Waggonway tunnel and entrance portal of 1772 5. The portal was rebuilt c.1986. Consists of rubble flanking walls and vaulted tunnel. The tunnel extends northwards for about 50 metres but is then blocked. It represents the remains of a wooden waggonway from Flockton colliery to the canal staithes at horbury Bridge. Rails were used later and route alterations were made over the years. The colliery closed during a strike in 1893 and never re opened. A rare survival.
(Refs: Thornes, R. 1981. ''A Noble Scene of Industry' The Development of the County 1500 1830'; Goodchild, J. 1975. 'Wakefield Canal trail' (Wakefield EAHY Committee))
(Text edited from English Heritage's National Heritage List of England, 1969) |
| Date | 20th century |
| Extent | contact the West Yorkshire Archaeology Advisory Service for information on what is available |
| Level | Item |