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Blackhand Gorge Trail - Blackhand Tunnel
Photos
Photo taken by Bryan Scott Walker
License: Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike (CC BY-SA)
BH Photo #320627
Facts
- Overview
- Tunnel on Former Interurban railway line
- Location
- Licking County, Ohio
- Status
- Closed
- History
- Blasted 1890; Abandoned ca. 1929; Used as a road afterwards, Converted to trail ??
- Railroads
- - Columbus, Newark & Zanesville Traction Co. (CN&Z)
- Interurban
- Ohio Electric Railway (OE)
- Design
- Tunnel
- Also called
- Ohio Electric - Blackhand Tunnel
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +40.05401, -82.22787 (decimal degrees)
40°03'14" N, 82°13'40" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 17/395270/4434473 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Toboso
- Inventory number
- BH 65568 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- September 10, 2021: New photo from Geoff Hubbs
- March 28, 2021: New photo from Geoff Hubbs
- January 25, 2018: New Street View added by Luke
- April 4, 2015: New photo from Luke
- January 18, 2015: Added by Luke
Sources
- Luke
- Flickr - Image
- Geoff Hubbs
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Yes it was. It was originally built for the Interurban line. I believe I may have tripped inside that particular tunnel or one like it when I was on a field trip in elementary school.