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September 3, 1925
Belington Progressive
Belington, Barbour County, West Virginia
What is this article about?
In Pottsville, Pa., Reading railway engineers detonated dynamite to divert the Schuylkill River into a new channel, bypassing a tunnel and bridges to accommodate modern coal trains, saving significant work after over a year of preparation.
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DYNAMITE DIVERTS A RIVER
Railroad Engineers Change Its Course to Save Much Work.
Pottsville, Pa.-With a resounding boom, which re-echoed among the Mountains of Port Clinton, the Reading railway blew open a new channel for the Schuylkill river in conformity with work in progress there for more than a year which will evenuate in the elimination of the railroad tunnel and permit the use of the present channel as a roadbed by the diversion of a stream into a new channel that had been dug.
Making a great U-shaped turn at Pulpit Rock. the Schuylkill flowed between the hills for centuries until railroad engineers found it would be more economical to move the river than replace two bridges and widen a tunnel to accommodate the most modern coal trains coming from the anthracite region.
Railroad Engineers Change Its Course to Save Much Work.
Pottsville, Pa.-With a resounding boom, which re-echoed among the Mountains of Port Clinton, the Reading railway blew open a new channel for the Schuylkill river in conformity with work in progress there for more than a year which will evenuate in the elimination of the railroad tunnel and permit the use of the present channel as a roadbed by the diversion of a stream into a new channel that had been dug.
Making a great U-shaped turn at Pulpit Rock. the Schuylkill flowed between the hills for centuries until railroad engineers found it would be more economical to move the river than replace two bridges and widen a tunnel to accommodate the most modern coal trains coming from the anthracite region.
What sub-type of article is it?
Extraordinary Event
Historical Event
What themes does it cover?
Triumph
What keywords are associated?
River Diversion
Dynamite Blast
Railroad Engineering
Schuylkill River
Tunnel Elimination
What entities or persons were involved?
Railroad Engineers
Where did it happen?
Pottsville, Pa.; Port Clinton; Schuylkill River; Pulpit Rock
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Key Persons
Railroad Engineers
Location
Pottsville, Pa.; Port Clinton; Schuylkill River; Pulpit Rock
Story Details
Railroad engineers used dynamite to blast a new channel for the Schuylkill River, diverting its course to eliminate a tunnel, replace bridges, and use the old channel as a roadbed, saving work for modern coal trains.