Arthur Tunnel and Old Line

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Here's Virginia Tennessee map 1856

Larry Evans

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> *Sent:* Thursday, January 02, 2014 3:30 PM

> *Subject:* Arthur Tunnel and Old Line

>

> On Thu, Jan 2, 2014 at 10:56 AM,

> Al

>  wrote:

>

>> Bruce,

>>

>> Can you send that topo directly?  I get a 403 error.

>>

>

> I dropped the maps I downloaded on my N&W site; see

> http://www.brucebharper.info/nwrwy/maps/maps.html for the PDF files from

> 1890, 1932, and 1937, along with the image I cut from the 1890 map that

> shows the three tunnels on the line.

>

> It would appear that the original V&T line went around the spur of the

> ridge at Arthur, then the tunnel was bored through the ridge, then the

> tunnel daylighted when the line was expanded from two tracks to three

> starting there and continuing west.

>

> Bruce in Blacksburg

>

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