Tar Tunnel
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tar-tunnel-236-3603740
title:
Tar Tunnel
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The Tar Tunnel is an abandoned tunnel located on the north bank of the River Severn in the Ironbridge Gorge at Coalport, England. It is one of ten Ironbridge Gorge Museums attractions administered by the Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust. Miners struck a gushing spring of natural bitumen, a black treacle-like substance, when digging a canal tunnel for the Coalport Canal in 1787, or else digging a level in search of coal. The plan, proposed by William Reynolds, was to connect the canal alongside the
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tar_Tunnel
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2023-07-07T09:04:24Z
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