Long Dock Tunnel

Long Dock Tunnel

The Long Dock Tunnel is a tunnel in New Jersey that runs diagonally through Bergen Hill, a section of the New Jersey Palisades in Hudson County, New Jersey, United States. When built, at a cost of $1 million in 1860, the tunnel formed the only available route for both the Erie and Delaware-Lackawanna railroads.

The tunnel runs 4,311 feet long, 23 feet high and 30 feet wide. Eight shafts, 70-90 in depth were sunk down from atop the Palisades to reach the tunnel. [Ripley, George; and Dana, Charles Anderson. [http://books.google.com/books?id=Nn5ywneK7DkC&pg=PA738&lpg=PA738&dq=%22Long+Dock+Tunnel%22&source=web&ots=LNzw6CMouE&sig=U07sHwOCMVc8uezBzSdJtr0zaqA&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=6&ct=result#PPA738,M1 "The New American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge"] , via Google Books, 1861,
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