Kilsby

"This is seismic," said James Kilsby, an editor for Gambling Compliance, a website which tracks regulatory issues.

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It is intended that there should be 10 tunnels -- one at Primrose Hill half a mile long, one near Watford a mile long, and one near Kilsby, 78 miles from London, a mile and a quarter long.

The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 19, No. 539, March 24, 1832 Various

Of the difficulties which occasionally baffle the man of science, in his endeavours to contend with the hidden secrets of the crust of the earth which we inhabit, the Kilsby Tunnel of the London and North-western

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What we have said of the Kilsby tunnel gives a slight glimpse of some of the expenses, difficulties, and dangers that occasionally attend the construction of a railway.

The Iron Horse 1859

The Kilsby tunnel of the London and North west Railway is a case in point.

The Iron Horse 1859

In short, the navvies were little better than heathens, and the village of Kilsby was not restored to its wonted quiet until the tunnel-works were finished, and the engines and scaffoldings removed, leaving only the immense masses of _débris_ around the line of shafts which extend along the top of the tunnel.

Lives of the Engineers The Locomotive. George and Robert Stephenson Samuel Smiles 1858

But the chief difficulty of the undertaking was the execution of that under the Kilsby ridge.

Lives of the Engineers The Locomotive. George and Robert Stephenson Samuel Smiles 1858

The irruption of such men into the quiet hamlet of Kilsby must, indeed, have produced a very startling effect on the recluse inhabitants of the place.

Lives of the Engineers The Locomotive. George and Robert Stephenson Samuel Smiles 1858

Its entire length is 2869 yards, or nearly 1¾ mile — exceeding the famous Kilsby Tunnel by 471 yards.

Lives of the Engineers The Locomotive. George and Robert Stephenson Samuel Smiles 1858

The cost of the line was greatly increased by the difficulties encountered at Kilsby.

Lives of the Engineers The Locomotive. George and Robert Stephenson Samuel Smiles 1858