Tunnel design question

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Fascinating reading and great pictures of the "before"
 
Are similar reports available for the other tunnels on the Pocahontas Sub?
They'd be great resource for me when I start modeling it.
 
Gene

On August 26, 2010 at 12:06 PM NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> wrote:



> --> --> Thanks for the information.  Did the under cutting occur, or did the

> liner get notched?

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> R.D. Williams

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> Mike,

>                 I am attaching the engineering study for Huger Tunnel.  It is

> a large file and I hope the moderator will allow it to go through.  In this

> you will find what options were considered and why they chose the one that

> they did. A lot of thought went into this as you will see. If you want to

> re-visit the good old days, hopefully we will have something for you to read

> about Christmas.

> Mason Cooper

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> See PDF report at following:

> http://nwhs.org/mailinglist/Huger_Tunnel_Assessment_Report.pdf

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> Does anyone know what factors went into the separated design of Huger or

> Montgomery tunnels versus both tracks through the same bore like Elkhorn, Davy

> and Roderfield?

> Are there other separated tunnels (other than Hatfields, which were bored at

> separate times?)

> Michael Shockley

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