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Unknown Railroad Tunnel - National Parks Gallery

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Unknown Railroad Tunnel - National Parks Gallery

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The process of building a tunnel in the 1870s was slow and difficult work. Holes were drilled into the layers of rock using a hand drill and hammer. Holes were then filled with powder and blasted in order to make the rock small enough to remove from the tunnel.

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1870 - 1879

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37.84026, -80.98971

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National Parks Gallery

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https://npgallery.nps.gov/

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