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Orange & Alexandria Railroad, Wilkes Street Tunnel, Wilkes Street vicinity, Alexandria, Independent City, Virginia
Summary
Significance: This tunnel, built in 1851, once served the Orange & Alexandria Railroad Company. It now lies abandoned in the heart of Alexandria. This single track tunnel is formed by an arch of brick with the portal facing in stone. The west portion of the tunnel consists of a block long ramp with sidewalls constructed of stone laid up in a random ashlar pattern topped with random bond brick walls above the surrounding road level.
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-2
Survey number: HAER VA-18
National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000928
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Date
1969 - 1980
Contributors
Historic American Engineering Record, creator
Location
alexandria, 37.43157, -78.65689
Source
Library of Congress
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