How the Victoria Tunnel saved Geordies from WW2 bombs – and Jesmond from becoming a railroad track – ChronicleLive
ChronicleLive How the Victoria Tunnel saved Geordies from WW2 bombs – and Jesmond from becoming a railroad trackChronicleLiveIn 1838, colliery owners Messers Porter and Latimer had wanted to construct a railroad running across the Town Moor and through Jesmond, to reduce the steep cost of carrying coal slowly through the town by horse and cart….