CSX - Cumberland Mountain Tunnel

Photos 

Plaque located in the Cowan Railroad Park

Photo taken by Ben Tate in March 2013

Enlarge

BH Photo #251952

Map 

Facts 

Overview

Tunnel under Cumberland Mountains on CSX Railroad

Location

Franklin County, Tennessee

Status

Open to traffic

History

Built 1852 by Stevenson,V.K

Builder

- Thomas C. Bates

Railroads

- CSX Railroad (CSX)
- Louisville & Nashville Railroad (L&N; LN)
- Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway (NC&StL)

Design

Tunnel

Dimensions

Total length: 2,228.0 ft. (0.4 mi.)

Recognition

Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on August 22, 1977

Also called

Cowan Tunnel

Approximate latitude, longitude

+35.15376, -85.97726   (decimal degrees)
35°09'14" N, 85°58'38" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")

Approximate UTM coordinates

16/593153/3890572 (zone/easting/northing)

Quadrangle map:

Sewanee

Inventory numbers

NRHP 77001270 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
BH 50301 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Update Log 

• December 17, 2019: New photo from Geoff Hubbs
• March 31, 2013: Updated by Luke Harden: Corrected builder
• March 31, 2013: New photo from Ben Tate
• November 21, 2011: Added by J.P.

Sources 

• J.P. - wildcatjon2000 [at] gmail [dot] com
• Ben Tate - benji5221 [at] yahoo [dot] com
• Luke
• Geoff Hubbs

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