Atlantic Avenue/Cobble Hill Tunnel (New York City, New York)

USA / New York / New York City, New York
 tunnel, NRHP - National Register of Historic Places, interesting place, invisible
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Built in 1844 for the Long Island Rail Road. Was sealed and just about forgotten from the 1860s right up to 1980. Reopened in 1981 and closed in 2010 citing safety concerns. Believed by some to be the tomb of not only a steam locomotive, but pages of the diary of John Wilkes Booth.

www.atlasobscura.com/places/atlantic-avenue-tunnel
www.brooklynrail.net/proj_aatunnel.html
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlantic_Avenue_Tunnel
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Coordinates:   40°41'25"N   73°59'43"W
This article was last modified 5 years ago