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FilthCity
   
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Johnson City, TN
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< on 4/1/2012 8:56 PM >
|  | | | As you approach this tunnel even on the hottest day, you feel a extreme temperature drop before you even enter the tunnel, and a cool floating mist
An engineering marvel, built a decade before the invention of dynamite, yup.
These dudes used nothing but hand drills and black powder to drill through the blue ridge mountains.
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Funny how these last two look like crazy HDR, but in reality it was just the ambient light that leaked from the entrance of the tunnel.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/filth_city/
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insanebuslady
location:
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Gender: Male
"You talkin' to me?"
| |  | Re: Floating mist train tunnel
<Reply # 1 on 4/2/2012 1:52 AM >
| | | | Love Crozet Tunnel so much. The original tunnel met in the center less than 6 inches off. When they built Blue Ridge tunnel in the 1950s right next to it with "modern" engineering tools, it was something like 3 or 4 feet off. It's too bad you can't walk all the way through
Oh and great job with those last two shots. Thats over a quarter mile to the concrete wall there folks
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Porcelain Doll
  
location:
philadelphia
Gender: Female
Who Cooks For You?
| |  | Re: Floating mist train tunnel
<Reply # 2 on 4/4/2012 10:57 AM >
| | | | 3 is awesome
it's better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring.
“Everyones so shady. That’s why I’m so fuckin pale.” - Porcelain Black |
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spetsnazbear
location:
South WV
Gender: Male
| | Re: Floating mist train tunnel
<Reply # 3 on 4/4/2012 2:05 PM >
| | | | Now does this tunnel run all the way through or is it blocked off? There is a similar tunnel near to where i live but it has a few inches of water in it and the same sort of mist sometimes, my fear is bad air since this tunnel has had a cave in at some point.
-Pointman |
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OwlsFlight
 
location:
Ehn Jay
One foot in the grave, the other on a banana peel
| | | Re: Floating mist train tunnel
<Reply # 4 on 4/5/2012 12:41 AM >
| | | | Awesome. I really dig the tunnel photos. Especially 4.
Exploring the distance between points A & B. |
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insanebuslady
location:
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Gender: Male
"You talkin' to me?"
| | | Re: Floating mist train tunnel
<Reply # 5 on 4/5/2012 1:44 AM >
| | | | Posted by spetsnazbear
Now does this tunnel run all the way through or is it blocked off? There is a similar tunnel near to where i live but it has a few inches of water in it and the same sort of mist sometimes, my fear is bad air since this tunnel has had a cave in at some point.
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Naw they tried to turn the center into a gasometer, so theres two giant concrete walls in the center. You can crawl through a tiny pipe with water in the bottom, but it's not worth it to me. And the air is probably super shitty in-between the two walls. The tunnel itself is almost a mile long
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tick
location:
Abingdon, VA
Gender: Male
| | | | Re: Floating mist train tunnel
<Reply # 6 on 4/6/2012 3:39 AM >
| | | | Posted by insanebusladyAnd the air is probably super shitty in-between the two walls.
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The tunnel has good airflow - the air is just fine all the way through.
Halfway between the walls, the echos are amazing.
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spetsnazbear
location:
South WV
Gender: Male
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<Reply # 7 on 4/6/2012 3:55 PM >
| | | | Im not sure if the tunnel im looking at has good air, its got a few inches of semi running water in it so my best guess was that it was good. Are there any ways to tell besides oxygen detectors?
-Pointman |
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Lambda
location:
Rhode Island
Gender: Male
| | Re: Floating mist train tunnel
<Reply # 8 on 4/6/2012 8:06 PM >
| | | | Posted by spetsnazbear
Im not sure if the tunnel im looking at has good air, its got a few inches of semi running water in it so my best guess was that it was good. Are there any ways to tell besides oxygen detectors?
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If the air is moving, you're good. If it's not moving, then you may have a problem.
Doing asbestos I can |
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insanebuslady
location:
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Gender: Male
"You talkin' to me?"
| | | Re: Floating mist train tunnel
<Reply # 9 on 4/7/2012 5:01 PM >
| | | | Posted by tick
The tunnel has good airflow - the air is just fine all the way through.
Halfway between the walls, the echos are amazing.
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Now I kinda want to buck up and crawl to the center. How long is it from wall to wall?
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tick
location:
Abingdon, VA
Gender: Male
| | | | Re: Floating mist train tunnel
<Reply # 10 on 4/7/2012 5:26 PM >
| | | | Posted by insanebuslady
Now I kinda want to buck up and crawl to the center. How long is it from wall to wall?
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Maybe half a mile??? The opposite wall is fairly close to the other entrance.
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