| 词条 | Whitehall Tunnel |
| 释义 |
|name = Whitehall Tunnel |image = |caption = |line = |location = Baldwin, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania |coordinates = {{coord|40|20|26|N|79|58|26|W}} |system = Allegheny Valley Railroad |status = in use |start = Old Clairton Road |end = Macassar Drive |startwork = 1899 |opened = 1900 |close = |owner = Allegheny Valley Railroad |operator = Allegheny Valley Railroad |character = |construction= rock bored, brick ring lining |length = 1630 feet |linelength = |tracklength = |notrack = Single (formerly Double) |gauge = {{RailGauge|sg|allk=on}} |el = |speed = 15 MPH |hielevation = |lowelevation= |height = 23 feet |grade = }} The Whitehall Tunnel in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania was originally built by the B&O Railroad in 1899 as a double-track tunnel.[1] The tunnel was completed in 1900.[2] It was part of the Baltimore and Ohio Short Line Railroad, and allowed the B&O to bypass its former route into Pittsburgh along the Pittsburgh Southern and Little Saw Mill Run Railroad.[3] One worker, Antonio De Bono, was killed during its construction.[4] It is currently a single-track tunnel, owned by the Allegheny Valley Railroad. The tunnel is approached from Glenwood in the south, up a steep grade along the Streets Run valley to the northern end of the tunnel. The line continues from the southern end to Bruceton, Pennsylvania. Dimensions: {{convert|28|ft|m|abbr=on|adj=mid|wide}} at base;{{convert|30|ft|m|abbr=on|adj=mid|wide}} at spring line;{{convert|23|ft|m|abbr=on}} from top of rail to top of arch riseEngineer: W. T. Manning; Bennet & Talbot, subcontractor, 1901–02 References1. ^{{cite web |title=Whitehall Tunnel |url=http://pghbridges.com/glassport/0587-4466/borr_whitehall_tun.htm |accessdate=2009-02-28}} {{Pennsylvania-transport-stub}}{{US-rail-transport-stub}}{{US-tunnel-stub}}2. ^{{cite news |title= Yards on the Fairmont|curly= |format= |agency= |work=The Courier |publisher= |location=Connelsville, Pennsylvania |id= |page=1 |date=27 July 1900 |language= |quote= |archiveurl= |archivedate= }} 3. ^{{cite news |title=Baltimore and Ohio's Cutt Off |author= |url= https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1883/07/03/103438623.pdf |newspaper= New York Times|date=3 July 1883 |accessdate=19 December 2010}} 4. ^{{cite news |title=Fatal cave-in in a tunnel |work= New York Times |date= 25 March 1900|accessdate=3 March 2009 |quote= |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1900/03/25/102582003.pdf | format=PDF}} 3 : Baltimore and Ohio Railroad tunnels|Railroad tunnels in Pennsylvania|Tunnels in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania |
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