Only the entrance to the tunnel is visible. Saddle is partially completed yet is mostly submerged by a small lake. Saddle Tunnel, the last of the South Carolina complex was also begun for a short distance 1.5 miles north of Middle Tunnel. Middle Tunnel, a quarter mile from Stumphouse Tunnel was successfully completed but mostly collapsed and was partially sealed off in the mid-1900s. As a part of the planned Blue Ridge Railroad, two other tunnels were begun in the 1850s and are all connected by terrain at railroad grade. Today, where the tunnel was meant to end on the other side of the mountain, there remains a mound of earth (intended for the railway tracks) submerged during the summer months under Crystal Lake, located just west of Highway 28. The tunnel had been excavated to a length of 1,617 feet of the planned 5,863 total feet. By 1859, the State of SC had spent over a million dollars on the tunnel and refused to spend any more on the project, therefore the tunnel work was abandoned. Construction on Stumphouse tunnel began in 1856 when the George Collyer Company of London brought many Irish workers into the area for this project. Construction on the railway was begun in the late 1850s and was successful through most of South Carolina until hitting the mountains around Walhalla in Oconee County. In 1852, 13 miles of tunnel were proposed to cross the Blue Ridge Mountains through South Carolina, North Carolina, and into Tennessee. The tunnel was first proposed in 1835 by residents of Charleston, SC as a new and shorter route for the Blue Ridge Railroad between Charleston and the Ohio river valley area which until then was only accessible by bypassing the mountains entirely to the South and then traveling up north through Georgia and middle Tennessee. You Have Been Successfully Unsubscribed From The Newsletter.BELOW: There is a lot of history about the tunnel.īelow the history, there are photos inside and around the tunnel. Sorry, Failed To Unsubscribe From The Newsletter. Problem While Recovering Password, Please Try Again Later Please Enter Collection Name Please Wait Please Enter Your Name Please Enter Your Comment Please Select Collection Please Enter First Name First Name Should Not Be More Than 50 Characters Please Enter Last Name Last Name Should Not Be More Than 50 Characters Password Din't Match Problem Reseting Your Password, Please Try Again Later Keyword Is Restricted, Please Try Another Keyword Sorry! A Problem Occurred While Sending The Email, Please Try Again Later. Date Must Be In YYYY-MM-DD Format Month Must Be Between 1 And 12 Day Must Be Between 1 And 31 Please Enter Valid Email Email Should Not Be More Than 100 Characters Characters Remaining Message Should Not Be Blank Email Should Be Correct Please Check For Reservation Time What Type Of Location Are You Collecting? Please Enter Password Password Should Be 8-16 Characters Long, Alphanumeric With One Special Character Password Should Not Be More Than 50 Characters Please Check Email Address And Try Again Error! Email Sent! Check Your Inbox, We’ve Sent You Instructions On How To Reset Your Password. Detail email,public_profile 731812490255864 34.76722000 -83.06444000 Walhalla 33151 47 2 34.81066390 -83.12370000 cityseeker_t_B 34.76722000 -83.06444000 Set Current Location See All Global Search Remove from Collection Add to Collection Saved Save Save Collection to Profile Saved Collection to Profile What type of location are you collecting? Approximate Duration Options Found View Full Hours Hide Full Hours No Data Found Please check your starting point or destination location Miles to Destination Please Enter Old Password Please Enter New Password Old and New Passwords Are the Same New Password and Confirm New Password Do Not Match Please allow access to email Geolocation is not supported by this browser Please provide valid email Collection Not Available Keyword Should Contain At Least 3 Characters Keyword Should Contain Only Alphanumeric Characters Keyword Already Added.
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