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Sand Patch Tunnel, Northeast of State Route 2006, Sand Patch, Somerset County, PA

Sand Patch Tunnel, Northeast of State Route 2006, Sand Patch, Somerset...

Significance: The Sand Patch Tunnel now used by CSX is the second railroad tunnel constructed through Negro Mountain at Sand Patch. The first tunnel, began in 1854 and completed in 1871, marked the original ro... More

SA Tower, Between State Route 2006 & West portal of Sand Patch Tunnel, Sand Patch, Somerset County, PA

SA Tower, Between State Route 2006 & West portal of Sand Patch Tunnel,...

Significance: Completed about 1912, the SA tower controls retains its original switching and signaling equipment, including its hydraulic switching rods that run alongside the tracks to the track's two double c... More

Highway in the desert. A sand patch in Shantung, formerly a river bed

Highway in the desert. A sand patch in Shantung, formerly a river bed

Title, date and notes from Red Cross caption card. Photographer name or source of original from caption card or negative sleeve: L.M. Mead, China famine relief. Data: Miss Brodnax. Gift; American National Red C... More