Tidmouth Tunnel (South)

Tidmouth Tunnel is located between Tidmouth and Knapford.
The Knapford and Elsbridge Railway reached Tidmouth in 1905 by means of a road-side tramway from Knapford; however a gale in the autumn of 1908 destroyed it. In 1910 a treasury grant was obtained and a single tunnel was cut through the ridge south of Tidmouth and laying a railway directly from Tidmouth to Knapford, forming the Tidmouth, Knapford and Elsbridge Light Railway. In 1916 the North Western Railway completed a double track tunnel and Tidmouth's usefulness as a harbour started to be explored.
An elephant blocked the tunnel and Henry had to take workmen to clear it.
Category:Tunnels
Category:Landmarks
Category:The Main Line
Category:Tidmouth, Knapford and Elsbridge Railway
Category:North Western Railway