Searles Tunnel
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World / United States / California
railway, tunnel
Also known as Tunnel No. 29, the tunnel was built in 1908 to allow the transportation of Los Angeles Aqueduct materials. It burned for six months in 1981, crippling rail-based transportation of goods until the historic shoo-fly to the west was re-laid with rail and the pass re-opened.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_Pacific_Transportation_Company
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 35°28'4"N 117°37'24"W
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- Calico Railroad (site) 88 km
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- Field Siding 113 km
- Tonopah & Tidewater Railroad Wye 143 km
- Ash Hill Wye 166 km
- Armitage Field 25 km
- Supersonic Naval Ordnance Research Track (SNORT) 28 km
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- Skytop 29 km
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- Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake, South Range 41 km
- Pearsonville, California 45 km
- Airport Lake 50 km
- Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake, North Range 51 km
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