Mapperley Tunnel and Gedling Colliery Mapperley Tunnel is a disused railway tunnel that runs below Mapperley Plains, where it meets Arnold Lane and Gedling Road. This 1044 metre tunnel was built for the Derbyshire and Staffordshire Extension of the Great Northern Railway. This line ran from [ … ]
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Gedling Colliery in 1948
A short two minute documentary about our former Gedling Colliery in 1948. A documentary made in 1948 about Gedling Colliery, one of the deepest pits in the region. The film shows how the pit increased its output through the introduction of new technology. The colliery [ … ]