The County Adit in central Cornwall is probably the longest
mining related tunnel, at 30 mile with its various
branches. The recently contrusted water "ring main" around
London is probably the longest otherwise.
Roger
On Wed, 9 Aug 2000 17:25:31 +0100 Cris Ebbs
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> Just a quick and simple one - does anyone know which are the country's longest tunnels giving their approximate lengths?
> I have searched briefly for the info but have drawn a blank. My club are doing work in the 10 mile Milwr Tunnel (lead mines drainage), and It would be nice to know our position in the 'league table'.
> Thanks, Cris Ebbs
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Prof.Roger Burt
Department of History
School of Historical, Political and Sociological Studies
Amory Building
University of Exeter
Devon
Tel. (44) 01392 263291
http://www.ex.ac.uk/~RBurt
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