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At 8:40 oVIock on 1.1 to evening1 ofllio 8III instuiil, a diHclmrgt* of c-ighlruses of dynamite Jut duvlidii* • •through tlio tunne] at Oumhi iland Gup. This tunnel, just finished, is 3.'.).() feet long mid in in three Stnl.es, Virginia, Kent uric v uml Tennessee. It required eighteen mouths to complete the work, nt u cost of s:i'i),()()'), TTiis is one of llio most important railroad events of lnto yeuis Jt is through this tunnel Uml llm Norfolk mid Western will have nn out let over its Clinch Valiev Division, ns well re-from 1 h i dol over tho South Atlantic and Ohio. Its construction minks (ui era in the history of I ho Louis' villo nud Nashville, which lmilt il Its great system will, through this gap. bo aide to reach the eastern seaboard over llio Norfolk uml Western on the north and by way uf Knox villo on llm south.
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Tazewell Clinch Valley News
Tazewell, Virginia, US
Fri, Aug 16, 1889
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