About the train tunnel
WTVR has a story about the Chesapeake & Ohio train left in the tunnel below Jefferson Park since the tunnel collapse in 1925.
WTVR has a story about the Chesapeake & Ohio train left in the tunnel below Jefferson Park since the tunnel collapse in 1925.
nbc12 also
and the RTD
I’ve always heard that the death count of “an engineer and two workers” never include black workers.
Also, this tunnel collapse is the origination of the Richmond Vampire myth too.
Vampire myth? Do tell.
one of the better sites for info on the richmond vampire story:
http://virginiaghosts.com/vampire_update.htm
I think this is really interesting and I would love to see what they find when they dig it up but can the City really afford to do this anytime soon? We don’t have enough police officers, the Sherrifs office doesn’t have enough in the budget to support inmate cleaning crews, well…I can go on and on. The train has been there for 80 years. It’s not going anywhere. The City of Richmond has BIG problems that need to be taken care of NOW!
RTD – “Wilder’s press secretary, Linwood Norman, said the city will not be contributing public funds to the effort. “
Good. Let’s dig it up then!
Perhaps this will draw some attention to the somewhat sorry state of this park after the flood of almost two years ago. But, compared to whomever is responsible for maintaining Cedar Street up the hill from the bottom, I guess it is a relative jewel.
The RTD has a neat map.
Hello Max,
Au Contraire…about what you heard concerning the train tunnel collapse in Richmond, VA in 1925. Richard Lewis, a Black man was a regular worker. He was buried alive on that awful day. There were many day workers, respectively. Richard Lewis was always a regular worker all year.
Mark Holmberg has a write up in today’s RTD.
Anybody know where one could find a map of the full tunnel length? The RTD map is merely of Jefferson Hill.
Can’t you all see what’s going on here? Digging up this train is merely an excuse to reopen the tunnel so as to provide access to the Fulton Hill ballpark site from the highway exit at 17th st. I think it’s a brilliant move. Go Braves!
Yes, and the city can use all the extra sand they used to fill the tunnel to build a nice beach on the James. HA!
Hey, the feds ultimately gave Boston $14.6 billion for their tunnel (http://www.csmonitor.com/2003/1219/p02s01-ussc.html). We could build one through Church Hill for half that! Heck, for that kind of money, we could build a tunnel to the Outer Banks.
and now it is on npr’s All Thing’s Considered…
NPR?? ATC?? Richmond is bigtime! Now if we could just get National Guard troops to patrol the streets! I do think that this is cool…
Why do we need the National Guard? Doesn’t the Richmond Police Department do a good enough job for you?
nbc12.com interviews Arvel Phife and Osborne Cash who both witnessed the tunnel collapse.
My great-grandfather was Tom Mason the engineer. The exploration of this tunnnel, if done, should be with with reverence to all those who died there.
A map showing the church hill tunnel route is found at http://www.piedmontsub.com/maps/RichmondMap.jpg
yes i have also read a history book of the unlisted workers that walked up on job site to be hired for day
in school i read a story about a train it was called the forgotten tunnel and i read that the tunnel collaps in 1890 and a engineer killed so as some other workers they only found the engineer