Board Tree Tunnel
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The Board Tree Tunnel, near Littleton, West Virginia, was built between 1851 and 1858 by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad on its main line between Baltimore, Maryland, and Wheeling, West Virginia, under the supervision of B&O chief engineer Benjamin Henry Latrobe, II. The 2,350-foot (720 m) tunnel used a segmental cast iron lining system pioneered on the contemporaneous Kingwood Tunnel on the same line.
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Location: 39.7219, -80.5302, KML, Cluster Map, Maps,
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Board Tree Tunnel ⓘ
railway tunnel in Littleton, West Virginia
South portal of the Board Tree Tunnel, Marshall County, West Virginia, USA| Type | Subtype | Date | Description | Notes | Source |
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| site | tunnel | Board Tree Tunnel | railway tunnel | Wikidata | |
| commons | image | South portal of the Board Tree Tunnel, Marshall County, West Virginia, USA | Commons | ||