Logo Abandoned RR Tunnel and Waterfall
Cherokee Co., NC
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Copyright (2019)


An abandoned RR tunnel, built in 1880, along a branch of the old Western North Carolina Railroad.
It turned into a wet afternoon, and I was fortunate to have the tunnel to escape the downpour!:


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Railroad trestle and tunnel entrance


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Same view, different orientation


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Railroad tunnel - east entrance


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East entrance


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View out east entrance


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Going through the tunnel


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Looking back


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Approaching the west end


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West entrance



A bonus waterfall nearby:

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Falls on a tributary of Valley River


Waterfall




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