The Moffat Tunnel is a railroad and water tunnel that cuts through the Continental Divide in north-central Colorado. Named after Colorado railroad pioneer David Moffat, the tunnel's first official railroad traffic passed through in February 1928.
The Moffat Tunnel finally provided Denver with a western link through the Continental Divide, as both Cheyenne, Wyoming, to the north and Pueblo to the south already enjoyed rail access to the West Coast. It follows the right-of-way laid out by Moffat in 1902 while he was seeking a better and shorter route from Denver to Salt Lake City. The Moffat Tunnel averages 15 trains per day.[1] The railroad and water tunnels parallel one another; the water tunnel delivers a portion of Denver's water supply. In 1979, the tunnel was designated as a National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark by the American Society of Civil Engineers.[2]
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The MoffatTunnel is a railroad and water tunnel that cuts through the Continental Divide in north-central Colorado. Named after Colorado railroad pioneer...
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The MoffatTunnel Improvement District was an independent entity of the State of Colorado (USA) created to build and manage the MoffatTunnel, a railroad...
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pass tunnel. David H. Moffat resigned as president of D&RG in 1891 due to foreign bondholder's displeasure with Denver management of company. Moffat had...
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president of the Denver Tramway Company. He oversaw the completion of the MoffatTunnel and worked for four years on the City Beautiful project of Mayor Robert...
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Corona Line (Colorado), former rail line over Corona Pass before the MoffatTunnel was built A spectral line in the Sun's corona due to highly ionized...
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