The Greenwood Tunnel is a historic railroad tunnel constructed in 1853 by Claudius Crozet during the construction of the Blue Ridge Railroad. The tunnel was the easternmost tunnel in a series of four tunnels used to cross the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia. Located near Greenwood in Albemarle County Virginia the tunnel was used by the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway (C&O) until its abandonment in 1944.
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line length (μ)
163.22
location
Albemarle County Virginia
opening year
1853-01-01T00:00:00+02:00
owner
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway, Blue Ridge Railroad (1849–70)
railway line using tunnel
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway, Blue Ridge Railroad (1849–70)
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