SPECIAL REPORT: A Walk Through the Blue Ridge Tunnel
A Walk Through Crozet's Tunnel
Photos by Bob Kirchman
Beginning at the Eastern Portal in Nelson County...
...the hiker walks through a tunnel dug with black powder and hard labor...
...and sees brick casing where the rock veins were unstable.
Reaching the Western Portal!
Beautiful stonework typical of Nineteenth Century engineering!
Walking back through the uncased portion, one notices the marks of shafts drilled by hand into which went the black powder used to blast the tunnel...
...and an underground waterfall.
Returning to the Eastern Portal!
Christmas Dress
