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Taken: October 4, 2023
Caption: Blue Ridge Tunnel • West Portal
Additional Description: (located about 1½ miles west of marker • in Augusta County, Virginia)
From the National Register of Historic Places Nomination:
The western end of the tunnel is arched with brick continuously for about 1,460 ft. into the tunnel, and the elliptical shape of the tunnel is easily observed. It is finished with dressed limestone. The portal has a lancet arch with quoins. The portal facing is toothed into the brick lining of the interior of the tunnel. Crozet used limestone instead of sandstone because it was cheaper and locally obtained.
Submitted: October 4, 2023, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.
Database Locator Identification Number: p753387
File Size: 2.905 Megabytes

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