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CNTP - Tunnel 23
Photo
The north portal of Tunnel 23. Note the substantial amount of quartz in the stone.
Photo taken by Alex Wood in October 2012
BH Photo #243899
Description
CNO&TP Tunnel 23 follows the Emory River as it takes the tracks north toward the old Tunnel 22 and south towards the old Tunnel 24. It is a solid limestone bore with some quartz minerals mixed in.Facts
- Overview
- Tunnel
- Location
- Morgan County, Tennessee
- Status
- Intact but closed to all traffic, near prefect condition
- Future prospects
- Talks of a rails to trails type project have been pitched around for several years according to a few local residents. Allegedly, this has not happened because Norfolk Southern does not want to install a pedestrian crossing to link Tunnels 23 and 24.
- History
- Built in 1878 by the Cincinnati, New Orleans & Texas Pacific Railroad in cooperation with the city of Cincinnati, Ohio
- Railroads
- - Cincinnati Southern Railway (CNTP)
- Cincinnati, New Orleans, & Texas Pacific Railway (CNO&TP; CNTP)
- Southern Railway (SOU)
- Design
- Tunnel of the bare rock bore variety. The tunnel never had portals nor any kind of lining. This is because it is bored through solid limestone and sandstone. The lease agreements with the CNO&TP specified only bores with a mix of shale, slate or clay in them had to be lined.
- Dimensions
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Total length: 1,945.0 ft.
Deck width: 15.0 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 20.0 ft.
- Recognition
- Eligible for the National Register of Historic Places
- Also called
- CS #23
Cincinnati Southern Tunnel 23 - Approximate latitude, longitude
- +36.07716, -84.64596 (decimal degrees)
36°04'38" N, 84°38'45" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 16/711975/3995071 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Lancing
- Inventory number
- BH 54690 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
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