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NORTHEAST PORTAL. - Blue Ridge Railroad, Blue Ridge Tunnel, U.S. Route 250 at Rockfish Gap, Afton, Nelson County, VA
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NORTHEAST PORTAL. - Blue Ridge Railroad, Blue Ridge Tunnel, U.S. Route 250 at Rockfish Gap, Afton, Nelson County, VA
Description
Crozet, Claudius
Depicted place Virginia; Nelson County; Afton
Date Documentation compiled after 1968
Dimensions 5 x 7 in.
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Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
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HAER VA,63-AFT.V,1-2
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  • Significance: The Blue Ridge tunnel was the longest tunnel in the United States upon completion. It is also the first tunnel in the U.S. driven without vertical shafts. / The Blue Ridge Railroad, 17 miles in length, originally connected the terminus of the Louisa Railroad near Blair Park with the town of Waynesboro.
  • Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-3
  • Survey number: HAER VA-2
  • Building/structure dates: after 1850 Initial Construction
Source https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/va0253.photos.163879p
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