Stumphouse Tunnel Sc
by Skip Willits
Title
Stumphouse Tunnel Sc
Artist
Skip Willits
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Photograph - Epson Lustre Paper
Description
In Oconee State Park in SC, this unfinished railroad tunnel is cut into the SE face of Stumphouse Mtn and is the largest of three begun before the Civil War by the Blue Ridge Rail Road. It was built for a line from Anderson, SC to Knoxville TN. Work began in late 1853. About 1500 Irish miners, who lived in the Tunnel Hill village atop the mountain. They cut through blue granite with hand drills, hammers, chisels and black powder. Four shafts meant miners could cut through ten rock faces at one time.
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October 24th, 2015
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