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OW - Fallsburg Tunnel

Sullivan County, New York

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NYO&W Fallsburg Tunnel

East portal of the South Fallsburg tunnel on the NYO&W.

Photo by Russ Nelson

License: Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike (CC BY-SA)

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BH Photo #313918

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Facts 

Overview
Abandoned tunnel on New York, Ontario, & Western Railway
Location
South Fallsburg, Sullivan County, New York
Status
Derelict/abandoned
History
Built 1886, brick arching added 1889-97, abandoned 1957
Railroad
- New York, Ontario, & Western Railway (OW)
Design
Tunnel
Dimensions
Total length: 1,123.0 ft.
Also called
Neversink Tunnel
Approximate latitude, longitude
+41.70083, -74.61810   (decimal degrees)
41°42'03" N, 74°37'05" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
18/531775/4616630 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Woodridge
Inventory number
BH 62078 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

19th Century (8,374)
Abandoned (3,927)
Bore Tunnel (296)
Built 1886 (208)
Built during 1880s (2,169)
New York (4,889)
 New York, Ontario, & Western Railway (34)
Railroad (16,456)
South Fallsburg, New York (2)
Sullivan County, New York (94)
Total length 1000-2500 feet (1,994)
Tunnel (1,360)

Update Log 

  • August 29, 2018: New photo from Dana and Kay Klein
  • January 17, 2015: Photo imported by Ian Martin
  • July 29, 2014: Added by Ian Martin

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