The story of this abandoned train tunnel we stand in front of began five years before its building in
1897 when the nearby would choose it reservoir was created to feed the City of Boston
At its completion it became the largest gravity dam in the world
With the construction of the would shoes at reservoir in the early 1900's many structures needed to be leveled
Whole communities were razed and roads and train tracks needed to be rerouted
to create the dam churches schools and industrial buildings as well as homes were destroyed and
Four thousand bodies were dug up and moved to other grounds
thousands of immigrants toiled for five years until 1903
During the reservoirs first filling the nearby sands liquefied and float into the reservoir almost causing a failure it
Has stood since then for a hundred years with no issue
After the building of the dam in 1903 as part of the railroad
Rerouting a tunnel was also built for the Boston and Maine railroad allowing it to cross the newly formed waters this
1080 foot long 16 foot wide and 22 foot tall tunnel was in use until in
1958 passenger service ceased and the tracks were pulled up. It was then left to decay and vanish into the forest
Upon first entering it is clear taggers have been here for some time
Leaves and trash litter the floor
In the distance a small point of late marks the end I
Often don't like graffiti in abandoned locations, but in this case it adds to the interest
On the sides some partial collapses can be seen
The deeper and we get the wetter it is as water drips from the ceilings above causing camera issues
I shouldn't roll up my pants
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Eventually the tunnel becomes more cave Lake the feeling of being in the ribcage of a huge whale becomes one of being in a mine
It's always been very wet. I'm at this end obviously
Water flows from cracks in the ceiling and forms large pools below mixed with fallen rocks
Almost at the end water begins to form a deep pool at the entrance
Ahead a large archway leads to a real bed lined with small cliffs and filled with standing water and mud an old trestle
Forms a further arch in the distance
We start to cross the muck, but it's just too deep
Between the strange wall art a tunnel with no rails or seeming purpose
it isn't hard to imagine future archaeologists or explorers finding this place and
Imagining it as some kind of ritual or religious site connected to a mythological underworld
Looking at the ceiling at falling rocks. It's easy to see a future collapse blocking the tunnel
We leave just in time and hit him
The second object of our trip today is the abandoned 808
Lackawanna railway passenger train near North Station, New York
the Lackawanna route had failed after a decline in coal and
Cement needs the cessation of food shipments from the West and the rise of new highway systems
the rail line changed names and owners over the
1960s and the train came to rest on the Saratoga and North Creek railway lines
This new home ceased operation in 1989 was revived briefly in 2011 until 2018
When it shut down forever due to financial issues
Fund reaching the area that the Train was near we discover
It was very recently moved to a museum down the line and has been partially restored as a showpiece
We still decide to have some fun with it
Over eight away
That's it for today's explore until next time
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