Flockton Waggonway Tunnel And Entrance Portal Approximately Mid-Way Between Junctions Of Hardcastle Lane And The New Hall Farm is a Grade II listed building in the Wakefield local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 July 1969. Industrial heritage site.
Flockton Waggonway Tunnel And Entrance Portal Approximately Mid-Way Between Junctions Of Hardcastle Lane And The New Hall Farm
- WRENN ID
- grim-lead-rook
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wakefield
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 July 1969
- Type
- Industrial heritage site
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
SE21NE SITLINGTON NEW HALL APPROACH (south side), Middlestown.
6/39 Flockton Waggonway 24.7.69 Tunnel and entrance Portal approx. mid-way between junctions of Hardcastle Lane and the track to New Hall Farm.
II
Waggonway tunnel and entrance portal. 1772-5. The portal rebuilt c.1986. 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. R. C. N. Thornes. West Yorkshire "A Noble Scene of Industry" The Development of the County 1500-1830, 1981. J. Goodchild. Wakefield Canal Trail. 1975 (Wakefield EAHY Committee).
Listing NGR: SE2553915829
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