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The Board Tree Tunnel near Littleton West Virginia was built between 1851 and 1858 by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad on its main line between Baltimore Maryland and Wheeling West Virginia under the supervision of B&O chief engineer Benjamin Henry Latrobe II. The 2350-foot (720 m) tunnel used a segmental cast iron lining system pioneered on the conteporaneous Kingwood Tunnel on the same line.Workers were recruited from coal mines in the area to excavate the tunnel.
