by zz4
I guess I must be bored.
Theres trolleys,industrial railroads,mining railroads,etc.(is the latter called 'railroad'?)
Railroads in quarries and even minature ones in Amusement Parks.
I was looking through some old news clippings and a little article about the Winsted Water Supply.(Connecticut)
In 1893 there was a 3,252 foot tunnel blasted through solid rock. The deepest point from the ground surface was 320 feet. 36 tons of dynamite was used......
The idea was to convert water from Rugg Brook Reservoir to Crystal Lake by means of a tunnel extending approx.3200 feet through the mountain....
In an old picture I see tunnel entrances with workers standing around presumed for the 'photo shoot' AND a nice set of railroad tracks into the tunnel.
In 1894 the tunnel gate was opened..it took 7 1/2 minutes for the water to reach Crystal Lake.
Would they have spent the time to take up the rails?
From some other article I saw years ago there was a reservoir somewhere else where they built a tunnel between 2 and photo showed 'railroad' tracks.
I presume outside of New England rails and mines were much more common.
--- but for the bored maybe a swim looking for old rr tracks?
Don't follow up my suggestions as thats gotta be dangerous for the experienced diver?
Just interesting that tracks might still be down there OR maybe it was standard to take them up?
Anybody know of any other 'reservoir railroads'?
Theres trolleys,industrial railroads,mining railroads,etc.(is the latter called 'railroad'?)
Railroads in quarries and even minature ones in Amusement Parks.
I was looking through some old news clippings and a little article about the Winsted Water Supply.(Connecticut)
In 1893 there was a 3,252 foot tunnel blasted through solid rock. The deepest point from the ground surface was 320 feet. 36 tons of dynamite was used......
The idea was to convert water from Rugg Brook Reservoir to Crystal Lake by means of a tunnel extending approx.3200 feet through the mountain....
In an old picture I see tunnel entrances with workers standing around presumed for the 'photo shoot' AND a nice set of railroad tracks into the tunnel.
In 1894 the tunnel gate was opened..it took 7 1/2 minutes for the water to reach Crystal Lake.
Would they have spent the time to take up the rails?
From some other article I saw years ago there was a reservoir somewhere else where they built a tunnel between 2 and photo showed 'railroad' tracks.
I presume outside of New England rails and mines were much more common.
--- but for the bored maybe a swim looking for old rr tracks?
Don't follow up my suggestions as thats gotta be dangerous for the experienced diver?
Just interesting that tracks might still be down there OR maybe it was standard to take them up?
Anybody know of any other 'reservoir railroads'?