Location Auburn, Pennsylvania System Schuylkill Canal Opened 1821 Length 137 m | Status open cut, abandoned Work begun 1818 Closed 1857, converted to cut Owner Schuylkill Canal | |
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Auburn Tunnel was a 19th-century canal tunnel built for the Schuylkill Canal, near Auburn, Pennsylvania. Auburn Tunnel was the first transportation tunnel built in the United States.
The tunnel was deliberately added to the canal to be a novelty, as the hill it was bored though could have easily been bypassed. The tunnel succeeded in becoming a major attraction, with people traveling over 97 miles (156 km) upriver from Philadelphia just to see it. The tunnel was periodically shortened and in 1857 was daylighted to become just an open-cut.
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