March 13
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On March 13 in SVRSevern Valley Railway history.
- 1878 The Divisional Engineer, Wolverhampton reported that a portion of the newly constructed arch of Bewdley Tunnel was giving way. The tunnel continued to deteriorate until being fully relined in 1910.
- 1889 The GWRGreat Western Railway bought the rights to clay and minerals under the railway at Jackfield, to prevent their extraction damaging the railway.
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On this day in SVRSevern Valley Railway history