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the Church Hill Train Tunnel -- Richmond
- Locate on the Virginia Lore Map at Platial
- Newspaper clippings from the day of the collapse, from the Richmond Public Library
- Transcript from an interview with a person who was living in Church Hill during the collapse, from VCU Library's Special Collections and Archives department
- A fellow explorer's account, along with some great pictures, from VT Underground
- Crawling Into the Belly of a Richmond Legend, a newspaper article detailing reporter Mark Holmberg's journey into an opening in the tunnel, from the Richmond Times-Dispatch
- Full text of the article described above, posted in the Infiltration forum
- The only reports of the tunnel being haunted that we've been able to find, from the Shadowlands (search for the phrase "church hill" in this page and you'll find it).
- "Fear of Slide Stops Work of Steam Shovel," another newspaper article, also from the Richmond Times-Dispatch in 1925.
- Informational site on the tunnel, including very useful information like timelines and old photos. From Frederic Delaitre's Railway Pages.
- Map showing the entire length of the tunnel, from the Chesapeake & Ohio Piedmont Subdivision page.
- List of articles, some of which pertain to the tunnel, from C&O History magazine.
- Photo and a little blurb about the building that's right near the eastern entrance of the tunnel, from 100 Word Minimum.
- Text from a handout given out at the Valentine Museum, by Lisa K.
Got any more info for us? Personal accounts? Another good link? Let us know by emailing tess -at- midnightsocietyrva -dot- com.
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