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Abandoned Tunnel Buried Under I 75, St. Bernard, Ohio, Built in 1913

First off I would like to thank Kay Heller Phillips with the St. Bernard-Ludlow Grove Historical Society. Without her help and research, this video never would have happened. There’s a piece of hist…[View More]

Abandoned Railroad Bridge Abutments, Olde West Chester, Ohio

First off I would like to thank Brian Smith and Jeffrey Jakucyk. Without their expertise, this video would have never happened. Also, if anyone has any additional information to add after watching thi…[View More]

Remains of an Abandoned Historic Railroad Line, Built in the 1850s, Guilford, Dearborn County, Indiana

Hidden from the outside world yet just 400 feet southwest of busy State Route 1 in Dearborn County, Indiana are the remains of the bridge abutments from a rail line built in the 1850s. I covered this …[View More]

Longworth Hall, Cincinnati, Ohio

A new bridge for I-75 will be built over the Ohio River in Cincinnati. Unfortunately a portion of the historic “Longworth Hall” will have to be demolished in order to make way for the cons…[View More]

Cumberland Gap Railroad Tunnel, Gibson Station, Virginia

So in 1886 a group of Tennessee investors organized the Powell’s Valley Railway with their sites set to build a rail line from Knoxville. Tennessee going North to Cumberland Gap. That same year the …[View More]

North Custer Road Railroad Overpass, Dundee, Michigan

The railroad overpass on North Custer Road just 2 miles Northeast of Dundee, Michigan is the Canadian National Flat Rock Subdivision, formerly the Detroit, Toledo & Ironton Railroad. It was constr…[View More]

Tunnelton, Indiana, Level 4 Ghost Town and the Massacre of 1882

The town of Tunnelton, Indiana located in the southeastern corner of Lawrence County has a population of about 200 people….on a good day. The town was platted in 1859 and named for the 2 nearby…[View More]

Stone Culvert Built in 1857 for the Ohio & Mississippi Railroad, Tunnelton, Indiana

This short video is about a stone culvert I discovered that was built in 1857 for the Ohio & Mississippi Railroad. I walked inside the culvert and found Geodes! GPS Location: 38º46’14.0…[View More]

Grindstone Creek Railroad Overpass, Independence, Indiana

Built in 1873 for the Wabash Railroad, today this stone arch overpass is over 150 years old and serves multiple trains a day for Norfolk-Southern Rail Line.

The Bridge to Nowhere, Chicago, Illinois

Constructed in 1895, Chicago’s “Bridge to Nowhere” is an old Chicago Surface Lines “Streetcar” trolley line which is now part of the Chicago Transit Authority. The bridge was built by the Ch…[View More]

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