Stephenson's Portal Traditional Cache
Professor Xavier: As the owner has not responded to my previous log requesting that they check this cache I am archiving it. Please note that as this cache has now been archived by a reviewer or HQ staff it will NOT be unarchived.
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The cache is located along a footpath which runs parallel to the railway near the Clay Cross Tunel. It is best acessed from Bridge Street although part of this road is closed to to development work in Clay Cross. It can also be accessed from Station New Road, Tupton down the footpath past 'the last post' cache.
The Clay Cross Tunnel is a 1784 yard (1631 m) tunnel on the former North Midlands Railway which is now part of the Midland Main Line. It was completed by George Stephenson in 1839.
The town of Clay Cross is directly above above the tunnel where there are ventilation shafts some 150 feet (46 m) above the line.
The discovery of coal and iron when building the tunnel led to Stephenson moving to Tapton House in Chesterfield. Stephenson bought some land north of the tunnel (across the rails from the cache) and set up the George Stephenson & Co, later renamed The Clay Cross Company.
The tunnel went well over budget costing £140,000 (£9,820,000 in todays money) with the loss of 15 lives.
The northern portal is a moorish design and is now a grade 2 listed building.
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