Oxford Tunnel Nj
I have not gone through it in a couple years but the light at the other end of the tunnel is visible.
Oxford tunnel nj. The tunnel was completed in 1862 and was retrofitted with a gauntlet track by 1900. Oxford furnace lake talk of the town. Kicking soccer ball in oxford tunnel megawartime. The completion of the tunnel was delayed due to inconsistent funding american civil war era technology and issues.
In 1835 it was the site of americas first successful use of the hot blast in which preheated air was blown into the furnace cutting production time. The lackawanna old road was part of the original mainline of the delaware lackawanna western railroad dlw. The oxford railroad tunnel is part of the old delaware lackawanna western branch and has been defunct for several decades. New jersey august 2010.
Elon musk creating underground tunnel in los angeles duration. Oxford public library 42 washington avenue oxford nj 07863 phone 908 453 2625 open saturdays 10 am to 2 pm. Facts overview abandoned tunnel on railroad location warren county new jersey status derelictabandoned history built 1862 railroads delaware lackawanna western railroad dlw erie lackawanna railroad el design tunnel also called van nest gap approximate latitude longitude 4079587 7497681 decimal degrees 4004745 n 7405837 w degrees0minutesseconds. This line runs from the muscontencong river to washington where it joins an active conrail line.
The oxford tunnel also known as the van nest gap tunnel was one of seven tunnels built to complete the warren railroad which formed part of lackawanna railroads 400 mile mainline. Oxford furnace operated the longest of any of the colonial furnaces not being blown out until 1884. The oxford tunnel may be caved in but it is far from impassible. Its been 45 years since i was gutsy as a kid and went through the escape tunnel above it located to the right above the water outlet.
This tunnel is 2996 feet long and the tracks were removed back in the 1950s. Opened in 1856 it was for a half century a part of the line connecting the states of new jersey and pennsylvania. Exploring old long forgotten train tunnels in the new jersey woods. The northern part of this line will take you to the manunka chunk tunnel.
The really remarkable thing about the oxford tunnel was the cold humid air. Poking around the abandoned oxford tunnel van nest gap tunnel along the defunct lackawanna railroad. In 1911 the dlw cut 11 miles 18 km off the route by opening the lackawanna cut off which branched off from existing track at the new port morris junction and. Stories of new jersey prepared for use in public schools by the federal writers project of the works progress administration from 1936 1942.