Board Tree Tunnel
The Board Tree Tunnel, near Littleton, West Virginia, was built between 1851 and 1858 by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad on its main line between Baltimore, Maryland, and Wheeling, West Virginia, under the supervision of B&O chief engineer Benjamin Henry Latrobe, II. The 2,350-foot (720 m) tunnel used a segmental cast iron lining system pioneered on the contemporaneous Kingwood Tunnel on the same line.
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Board Tree Tunnel
The Board Tree Tunnel, near Littleton, West Virginia, was built between 1851 and 1858 by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad on its main line between Baltimore, Maryland, and Wheeling, West Virginia, under the supervision of B&O chief engineer Benjamin Henry Latrobe, II. The 2,350-foot (720 m) tunnel used a segmental cast iron lining system pioneered on the contemporaneous Kingwood Tunnel on the same line.
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The Board Tree Tunnel, near Li ...... . The tunnel is now abandoned.
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South portal of Board Tree Tunnel in 1974
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brick and cut stone
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Littleton, West Virginia
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Board Tree Tunnel, Littleton, Wetzel County, WV
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39.72191 -80.53021
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The Board Tree Tunnel, near Li ...... gwood Tunnel on the same line.
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Board Tree Tunnel
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