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WORLDS OLDEST TRAIN TUNNEL

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This tunnel was built in 1844 and sealed in the 1860's. It was considered lost until Brooklyn's Bob Diamond discovered an entrance in 1980. The tunnel runs underneath Atlantic Avenue in Brooklyn. Entry is gained through a manhole cover in the middle of a busy intersection. The tunnel was closed to the public for the last five years, but it will now be open at specific times.

 

Originally, the tunnel was closed for over a century. It is still remarkably intact. Brick and stone are all in place and - despite pouring rain outside - the tunnel was almost completely dry. The interior of the tunnel is eerily quiet and without light of any kind. Graffiti from the early 1900's is still legible on the walls.

 

For more about Bob Diamond and the tunnel, visit the Brooklyn Historic Railway Association.

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peeped this on history channel, they were saying the masons pioneered the building of this.......as well as everything else on this country

 

 

 

 

WORLDS OLDEST TRAIN TUNNEL

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947283827_baacfaf757.jpg

947573521_8391774dc1.jpg

947283653_b70d08ef77.jpg

947283493_136c710272.jpg

948245544_df57b0a83a.jpg

 

 

 

This tunnel was built in 1844 and sealed in the 1860's. It was considered lost until Brooklyn's Bob Diamond discovered an entrance in 1980. The tunnel runs underneath Atlantic Avenue in Brooklyn. Entry is gained through a manhole cover in the middle of a busy intersection. The tunnel was closed to the public for the last five years, but it will now be open at specific times.

 

Originally, the tunnel was closed for over a century. It is still remarkably intact. Brick and stone are all in place and - despite pouring rain outside - the tunnel was almost completely dry. The interior of the tunnel is eerily quiet and without light of any kind. Graffiti from the early 1900's is still legible on the walls.

 

For more about Bob Diamond and the tunnel, visit the Brooklyn Historic Railway Association.

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