Tar Tunnel

tunnel containing a natural bitumen spring at Coalport, England

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Location: 52.62, -2.4525, ///cars.busy.bins, Google, Bing, Aerial View, OldMapsOnline, ESRI Imagery, Historic Markers, KML, NLS, OS,  eDoB, 

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Frameless

Bridge near the Tar Tunnel - geograph.org.uk - 1456701 2009

Canal, Coalport 2006

Car park near the Tar Tunnel - geograph.org.uk - 1457463 2009

Hay Inclined plane and Canal basin, Coalport - geograph.org.uk - 70783 2005

Inside the Tar Tunnel - geograph.org.uk - 1457462 2009

Looking from the old bridge towards the new bridge near the Tar Tunnel - geograph.org.uk - 1456733 2009

Tar pool in the Tar Tunnel, Coalport 2014

Tar Tunnel and Inclined Plane 1984

Tar Tunnel, Coalport 2014

Tar Tunnel - geograph.org.uk - 292355 2006

Tar Tunnel - geograph.org.uk - 788562 2005

What it says - geograph.org.uk - 1456737 2009

Type	Date	Description	Keywords	Notes	Source
link		Mapping Museums listing@			Wikidata
link		Subterranea Britannica article@			Wikidata
link		Tripadvisor page@			Wikidata
site		Drakelow Tunnels	military museum, factory, bunker, tunnel		Wikidata
site		Shrewsbury Royal Observer Corps Group Headquarters	Royal Observer Corps Group Headquarters, bunker		Wikidata
site		Grotto and arches on Grotto Hill	grotto		Wikidata
site		Grotto At Sj 7756 0290	grotto		Wikidata
site		Baggeridge Colliery	coal mine		Wikidata
site		Ketley Claypit	Site of Special Scientific Interest, clay pit		Wikidata
site		Littleton Colliery	coal mine		Wikidata
site		Berwick Tunnel	canal tunnel		Wikidata
site		Dudley Railway Tunnel	railway tunnel		Wikidata
site		Dudley Tunnel	canal tunnel		Wikidata
site		Knowlesands Tunnel	railway tunnel		Wikidata
site		Netherton Tunnel Branch Canal	canal tunnel		Wikidata
site		Oakengates Tunnel	railway tunnel		Wikidata
site		Tar Tunnel	tunnel, tripadvisor		Wikidata
image	2009	Bridge near the Tar Tunnel - geograph.org.uk - 1456701			Wikimedia
image	2006	Canal, Coalport			Wikimedia
image	2009	Car park near the Tar Tunnel - geograph.org.uk - 1457463			Wikimedia
image	2005	Hay Inclined plane and Canal basin, Coalport - geograph.org.uk - 70783			Wikimedia
image	2009	Inside the Tar Tunnel - geograph.org.uk - 1457462			Wikimedia
image	2009	Looking from the old bridge towards the new bridge near the Tar Tunnel - geograph.org.uk - 1456733			Wikimedia
image	2014	Tar pool in the Tar Tunnel, Coalport			Wikimedia
image	1984	Tar Tunnel and Inclined Plane			Wikimedia
image	2014	Tar Tunnel, Coalport			Wikimedia
image	2006	Tar Tunnel - geograph.org.uk - 292355			Wikimedia
image	2005	Tar Tunnel - geograph.org.uk - 788562			Wikimedia
image	2009	What it says - geograph.org.uk - 1456737			Wikimedia