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Ishmael I
Ishmael Aug 19, 2005 11:58:10
Replying to nigelswift

>NEW loss expected if tunnelling is carried out - 5,860 cubic feet (about six average houses)

and how much of that has already been removed by Atkinsons bulldozers in the 60's?
EH are not planning NEW tunnels are they?

N nigelswift
nigelswift Aug 19, 2005 12:07:16
Replying to Ishmael

"NEW mechanical damage associated with the responses"

("An assessment of the conservation risks and possible responses", author Fachtna McAvoy, English Heritage Research and Standards Dept. May 2005, finalised copy released 21 July 2005.)

But, you can have the thread now.

V VenerableBottyBurp
VenerableBottyBurp Aug 19, 2005 12:10:01
Replying to Ishmael

Of course they are new tunnels, if the old infill material was all that was being removed they would remain the 1849 and Atkinson tunnels. This is a rebore that will take 10" off the walls. The walls will be of totally never before seen archaeology - it a new tunnel !

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