Overview | |
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Line | Main Line |
Location | Carbon County, Pennsylvania, USA |
Coordinates | 40°52′57.9″N 75°45′40.3″W / 40.882750°N 75.761194°W |
Status | rails removed; accessible to hikers |
System | Central Railroad of New Jersey |
Operation | |
Opened | 1866 |
Closed | 1956 |
Owner | Lehigh Gorge State Park |
Technical | |
Track length | 496 feet (151 m) |
No. of tracks | Double |
Track gauge | 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) |
The Turn Hole Tunnel is an abandoned railroad tunnel near Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania. Built by the Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company,[1] it carried part of the Lehigh and Susquehanna RR main line until 1912, and was used as part of a passing siding for several decades thereafter. It is now an attraction in Lehigh Gorge State Park.