Global Information Lookup Global Information

Phoenixville Tunnel information


Phoenixville Tunnel
North portal of the tunnel.
Overview
LineSchuylkill Branch
LocationPhoenixville, Pennsylvania
Coordinates40°08′38″N 75°31′35″W / 40.144008°N 75.526420°W / 40.144008; -75.526420
SystemPennsylvania Railroad
Conrail
Start1884
Operation
ConstructedStone
Brick
Technical
Length809.75 ft, 246.75 m
No. of tracksDouble, later single

The Phoenixville Tunnel, originally called the Fairview Tunnel, was part of the Pennsylvania Schuylkill Valley Railroad in Phoenixville, Pennsylvania.

The ends of the Phoenixville Tunnel are located at 40°08′36″N 75°31′36.6″W / 40.14333°N 75.526833°W / 40.14333; -75.526833 (Phoenixville Tunnel north end) and 40°08′30.8″N 75°31′39.9″W / 40.141889°N 75.527750°W / 40.141889; -75.527750 (Phoenixville Tunnel south end).

and 24 Related for: Phoenixville Tunnel information

Request time (Page generated in 0.8304 seconds.)

Phoenixville Tunnel

Last Update:

The Phoenixville Tunnel, originally called the Fairview Tunnel, was part of the Pennsylvania Schuylkill Valley Railroad in Phoenixville, Pennsylvania...

Word Count : 365

Black Rock Tunnel

Last Update:

The tunnel is also notable as being the first for which shafts were sunk during construction. The tunnel is cut through a hill in Phoenixville, Pennsylvania...

Word Count : 573

List of tunnels in Pennsylvania

Last Update:

(589 m), Phoenixville, Reading Railroad Broad Street Tunnel, carrying the Broad Street Subway under Broad Street but over submerged US 1. Brook Tunnel, CSX...

Word Count : 1798

Eupelor

Last Update:

temnospondyl apart from Eupelor), from the Lockatong Formation (Phoenixville Tunnel site) of Phoenixville, Pennsylvania. In 1868 Cope allocated the species to its...

Word Count : 442

Harrisburg Line

Last Update:

Harrisburg Line runs through two tunnels, the Flat Rock Tunnel in Lower Merion Township and the Black Rock Tunnel in Phoenixville. The Harrisburg Line, as a...

Word Count : 550

Pennsylvania Turnpike

Last Update:

(January 3, 2009). "Turnpike toll hike coming Sunday". The Phoenix. Phoenixville, PA. p. 3. "Pennsylvania Turnpike to raise tolls in 2015". Pittsburgh...

Word Count : 22534

SEPTA Regional Rail

Last Update:

Francisco. The plan also proposed extensions of Regional Rail services to Phoenixville, Quakertown, and West Chester. The 2045 Transit Plan breaks this into...

Word Count : 7514

Phelps Dodge

Last Update:

eastern Arizona Territory. Phelps-Dodge interested Dr. James Douglas of Phoenixville, Pennsylvania to inspect the property and make recommendations. Dr. Douglas...

Word Count : 1814

Schuylkill Canal

Last Update:

nail works in Phoenixville. The new canal connected the slackwater pool of the Schuylkill Canal above the Black Rock Dam to Phoenixville. This canal paralleled...

Word Count : 4198

List of tunnels documented by the Historic American Engineering Record in Pennsylvania

Last Update:

This is a list of tunnels documented by the Historic American Engineering Record in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. List of bridges documented by the...

Word Count : 77

Steve Duncan

Last Update:

"Watch "What I've Learned From Exploring Sewers: Steve Duncan at TEDxPhoenixville"". Ted.com. Retrieved 18 August 2016. "Urban Explorers: Programs: Discovery...

Word Count : 217

Manhattan Bridge

Last Update:

girders, eyebars, and other parts of the bridge at the firm's factory in Phoenixville, Pennsylvania. The anchorages were less than half complete, in part because...

Word Count : 23080

List of Pennsylvania Railroad lines east of Pittsburgh

Last Update:

Philadelphia and Thorndale Branch (Glen Loch to Thorndale) Phoenixville Branch (Glen Loch to Phoenixville) Swedeland Branch (Swedeland) New Holland Branch (Chester...

Word Count : 1445

Big Inch

Last Update:

Texas Oil Field at Longview, Texas, to Norris City, Illinois, and on to Phoenixville, Pennsylvania, from where it branched into 20-inch-diameter (510 mm)...

Word Count : 5117

SEPTA

Last Update:

Valley Metro, a "cross-county metro" that would re-establish service to Phoenixville, Pottstown, and Reading without requiring the rider to go into Philadelphia...

Word Count : 10291

Wawa station

Last Update:

concrete curb for the platform edge, and the pedestrian tunnel under the track. The pedestrian tunnel was sealed off with sheets of metal. All structures...

Word Count : 1257

List of unused railways

Last Update:

1896 before being abandoned. Phoenixville, Valley Forge and Strafford Electric Railway - 1909 began to build from Phoenixville to Strafford via Valley Forge...

Word Count : 31210

List of former United States Army medical units

Last Update:

Hospital, Fort Ord, California (1995) Valley Forge General Hospital, Phoenixville, Pennsylvania, 31 March 1974 Walson Army Hospital, Fort Dix, New Jersey...

Word Count : 19666

List of Pennsylvania railroads

Last Update:

(heritage railroad) Allegheny Portage Railroad Howard Tunnel Electric City Trolley Museum Gallitzin Tunnel Horseshoe Curve Mars Station, Pennsylvania Pennsylvania...

Word Count : 2081

List of enclaves and exclaves

Last Update:

Chester County, Schuylkill Township has a small exclave separated by Phoenixville. In addition, Valley Township has an exclave created by a narrow strip...

Word Count : 34743

List of crossings of the Schuylkill River

Last Update:

Phoenixville and Mingo 1916 40°09′32″N 75°30′43″W / 40.15889°N 75.51194°W / 40.15889; -75.51194 (Black Rock Road) Rail bridge Black Rock Tunnel,...

Word Count : 224

Paleontology in Pennsylvania

Last Update:

Philadelphia on April 30, 1891, at age 67. Charles M. Wheatley died in Phoenixville on May 6, 1882, at age 60. Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia...

Word Count : 2387

Pottsville Line

Last Update:

Philadelphia. Major intermediate stops included Reading, Pottstown, and Phoenixville. At Norristown, trains left the main line and crossed the Schuylkill...

Word Count : 1097

List of Underground Railroad sites

Last Update:

Independence National Historical Park — Philadelphia White Horse Farm — Phoenixville Hovenden House, Barn and Abolition Hall — Plymouth Meeting Bethel AME...

Word Count : 3926

PDF Search Engine © AllGlobal.net