Heritage record
Medanak Tunnel I
Khyber PakhtunkhwaTunnelProtected
A British period first tunnel of Jamrud Railway Station, built in 1923, measuring about 139 m in length and 10 m high. It is made of bricks through corbelling technique. It carried following inscription, `Medanak Tunnel-I, 1923, Contractor Mir Ghulam, Length 456ft`. There are further 18 tunnels like this in the area, 5 in Kafir Tangi Village, 4 in Peeryanu Kali village, 1 in Shagai Lala Chena village, 4 in Maskot Kali Village, 4 in Katta Kushta Ghar Obba and in Warsak area are found.
- Record ID
- 3336
- Province / territory
- Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
- District
- Khyber Agency
- Typology
- Monument
- Subtype
- Tunnel
- Period
- Historic
- Legal status
- Not Protected — UNVERIFIED; no statute or notification cited
- Coordinates
- 34.00815, 71.30832 — source-provided, not field-verified
- Verification status
- source_record; automatically_standardized; verification_required
- Sources
- Mehmood, Khalid et al. (2017). Archaeological Survey & Documentation of Ancient Sites/Monuments in Tehsil Jamrud, Khyber Agency, FATA. Frontier Archaeology, Grand Vol 10-14.
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