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Taken: Circa 1952
Caption: The Wawona Tunnel Tree - Historical Postcard View
Additional Description: The tunnel through Yosemite's famous Wawona Tree was cut in 1881 as a tourist attraction. It was the second standing sequoia to be tunneled (the first, a dead tree, still stands in the Tuolumne Grove in Yosemite). The Wawona Tree stood for 88 summers before it fell during the severe winter of 1968-69. Factors leading to its failure include heavy snow, wet soil, and, of course, the weakening effect of the tunnel. When it fell, the Wawona Tree was approximately 2,100 years old, 234 feet high (71.3 meters), and 26 feet in diameter at the base (7.9 meters). The famous tunnel was 7 feet wide, 9 feet high and 26 feet long at the base (2.1 meters by 2.7 meters by 7.9 meters). - National Park Service, "Frequently Asked Questions, Tunnel Tree"
Submitted: June 18, 2015.
Database Locator Identification Number: p311756
File Size: 0.409 Megabytes

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