词条 | Charles Town Cave |
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| name = Charles Town Cave | photo = | photo_caption = | location = Charles Town, West Virginia, USA | depth = | length = 175 feet | coords = {{coord|39|17|27|N|77|51|33|W|display=inline,title}} | discovery = 1906 | geology = Elbrook Limestone | difficulty = Easy | entrance_count = 1 | access = Private property }} Charles Town Cave — also formerly known as Crystal Lake Cave and Lakeland Cave — is located in the center of Charles Town, West Virginia, USA.[1] The entrance is in the cellar of a bakery and leads down to a passage about 175 feet long to a large pool of clear water about 25 feet in diameter. The cave was discovered accidentally in 1906 and was for a time developed as a commercial show cave. ReferencesCitations1. ^Davies, William E. (1958), Caverns of West Virginia, 2nd edition, Volume XIX(A) of the West Virginia Geological and Economic Survey, Beckley, West Virginia: Biggs-Johnson-Withrow, pp 148. External links
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