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RBMN - Vosburg Tunnel

Wyoming County, Pennsylvania

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Public Domain: Published Prior to 1923

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Overview
Tunnel on Reading, Blue Mountain & Northern Railroad
Location
Vossburg, Wyoming County, Pennsylvania
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1884
Builders
- A.W. Stedman of Mauch Chunk, Pennsylvania (Lehigh Valley Engineer)
- Lentz & Co. of Mauch Chunk, Pennsylvania (Contractor)
Railroads
- Lehigh Valley Railroad (LV)
- Reading, Blue Mountain & Northern Railroad (RBMN)
Design
Tunnel
Dimensions
Total length: 3,865.0 ft. (0.7 mi.)
Also called
LV - Vosburg Tunnel
Approximate latitude, longitude
+41.56261, -76.01205   (decimal degrees)
41°33'45" N, 76°00'43" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
18/415612/4601710 (zone/easting/northing)
Inventory number
BH 83409 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

19th Century (6,495)
A.W. Stedman (1)
Built 1884 (153)
Built during 1880s (1,721)
Lehigh Valley Railroad (81)
Lentz & Co. (1)
Open (37,759)
Owned by railroad (10,602)
 Pennsylvania (4,658)
Railroad (13,969)
Reading, Blue Mountain & Northern Railroad (10)
Total length over 2500 feet (793)
Tunnel (1,064)
Vossburg, Pennsylvania (1)
Wyoming County, Pennsylvania (26)

Update Log 

  • November 8, 2018: Updated by Luke: Added info
  • November 8, 2018: Updated by Dana and Kay Klein: Per George Oakley

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RBMN - Vosburg Tunnel
Posted November 8, 2018, by George Oakley (Georgeoakley49 [at] yahoo [dot] com)

This is the tunnel I was looking for,luke and Dana and kay.Thanks Luke for finding this tunnel.