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Kelvingrove Tunnel [Royal Terrace Collapse]

Kelvingrove Street/Royal Terrace, Glasgow, City of Glasgow (Lanarkshire).

During the construction of the Kelvingrove Tunnel on the Glasgow Central Railway a hole opened in the concrete arch above the railway causing the road above to subside.

'On 2nd September 1892, with this portion of the tunnel almost complete, the arch collapsed beneath the junction of Kelvingrove Street and Royal Terrace, resulting at a 10 feet square hole in the lining; at street level, it was 30 feet square. Nobody was injured below ground, the navvies having received enough warning to make good their escape; on the surface, a horse and cart had passed over just seconds before the road gave way. The cause of the accident was thought to be heavy rain percolating through the ground and washing out the mortar.' [K-Burn]

The hole was repaired and the ground and road surface made good. No trace of the collap[se can be seen athough the 1901 decorative park gates above the trunnel suffered some subsience in the early 1990s.

Alternative Names: None recorded.

Hydrographic Feeds: None

Hydrographic Resurgences: None