Deal Ground Tunnel
This isn’t exactly underground but there is ground above it so I suppose it is! Anyway I thought it was interesting enough to include.
On this site Colmans used to make things to package their products, print labels and probably make bottles in the kiln that still stands on the site today. The name comes from the wood they used to make crates – “Deal is wood that is easy to saw (softwood from conifers such as pine or fir)”. The deal was shipped from the Baltic to Yarmouth then up the Yare to the site.
https://web.archive.org/web/20071008060152/http://www.norwichrivers.co.uk/industry3.html
It is now one of Norwich’s largest brownfield sites and the land has stood empty for almost three decades. There are approved plans for the construction of up to 670 homes, along with shops, restaurants and a pub.
https://www.edp24.co.uk/edp-property/deal-ground-and-may-gurney-development-1-6203792
There is a disused tunnel under the railway line that linked the Deal Ground to the main works. It is blocked off on the main works side.
Unilever have now shut down production on the main site ending Colman’s 160 years producing Mustard and more in Norwich.
I have had to work right near the blocked off entrance when the site was open so have a couple of photos below but never been to the Deal Ground due to its inaccessibility. The other photos are from Geograph.
The following photos are by Evelyn Simak from https://www.geograph.org.uk and are taken from the Deal Ground side.
Some more photos on this site – http://eastscapes.blogspot.com/2010/08/deal-ground-colman-subway.html
Below is the view from the other side, standing in the Carrow works side.
