Английская Википедия:Bee Rock Tunnel

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Шаблон:Coord Bee Rock Tunnel is a former railroad tunnel that is located in Appalachia, Virginia. It was built in 1891 by the Louisville and Nashville Railroad.[1] The tunnel is now part of the Bee Tunnel-Roaring Branch Trail.[2]

Though known locally as the "world's shortest railroad tunnel", at Шаблон:Convert long, it is Шаблон:Convert longer than the Westmoreland Tunnel, in Westmoreland, Tennessee.[3] Both tunnels, however, are longer than the Backbone Rock Tunnel near Shady Valley, Tennessee, which at around Шаблон:Convert long, is the "world's shortest railroad tunnel."[4][5][6]

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External links

  1. Шаблон:Cite book
  2. Southwest Virginia Cultural Heritage Foundation, Abingdon, VA. "Bee Tunnel-Roaring Branch Trail" Шаблон:Webarchive Accessed 2013-05-05.
  3. Colbert, Judy. Virginia Off the Beaten Path. Globe Pequot, 2011. p. 205.
  4. United States Forest Service. "Backbone Rock Recreation Area". U.S. Department of Agriculture. Web. Accessed 12/2/2012.
  5. Warmuth, Donna Akers. Washington County Revisted. Arcadia Publishing, May 7, 2008. pg. 57
  6. Шаблон:Cite book