N&W in 1907 -- Tunnels

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The N&W began acquiring land in 1907 for many of the tunnels between Kimball and Roderfield.  The West Vivian Tunnel at Kimball was built in 1907 according to the Heartland Corridor reports.

Alex Schust 
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  Six Tunnels to Cost Three Million Dollars
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  By Associated Press
      Welch, W. Va., Jan. 27--The Norfolk and Western today let contracts for six tunnels at a cost aggregating $3,000,000.  These will reduce the curves and shorten the distance on the West Virginia division fifteen miles.

  Bluefield Daily Telegraph
  January 24, 1907

  [A later article giving details was too faint and blurred to transcribe.  I'll try to locate a different microfilm, but that may be several weeks from now.]

  Gordon Hamilton


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