Kingwood Tunnel
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The Kingwood Tunnel, near Tunnelton, West Virginia, was built between 1849 and 1852 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. At the time of its completion the 4,137-foot (1,261 m) tunnel was the longest tunnel in the United States until it was surpassed by the Blue Ridge Tunnel in 1858.
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Kingwood Tunnel ⓘ
railway tunnel in Tunnelton, West Virginia
Plan and Profile of Board Tree and Kingwood Tunnel.
The east portal of the 1911 Kingwood Tunnel, with the original 1858 portal visible at right, near Tunnelton, West Virginia, USA
The closed-up west portal of the Kingwood Tunnel, near Tunnelton, West Virginia, USAThe east portal of the 1911 Kingwood Tunnel, with the original 1858 portal visible at right, near Tunnelton, West Virginia, USAThe closed-up west portal of the Kingwood Tunnel, near Tunnelton, West Virginia, USA| Type | Subtype | Date | Description | Notes | Source |
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| site | tunnel | Kingwood Tunnel | railway tunnel | Wikidata | |
| commons | image | Plan and Profile of Board Tree and Kingwood Tunnel. | Commons | ||
| commons | image | The east portal of the 1911 Kingwood Tunnel, with the original 1858 portal visible at right, near Tunnelton, West Virginia, USA | Commons | ||
| commons | image | The closed-up west portal of the Kingwood Tunnel, near Tunnelton, West Virginia, USA | Commons | ||
| commons | image | The east portal of the 1911 Kingwood Tunnel, with the original 1858 portal visible at right, near Tunnelton, West Virginia, USA | Commons | ||
| commons | image | The closed-up west portal of the Kingwood Tunnel, near Tunnelton, West Virginia, USA | Commons | ||
