The Blue Ridge Tunnel
a remarkable engineering feat in antebellum Virginia
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Author
Publication
2014 - The History Press, Charleston, South Carolina
Language
English
Word Count
47,750 words, Guess
Page Count
191 pages
Identifiers
- Internet Archiveblueridgetunnelr0000lyon
- ISBN-101626194211
- ISBN-139781626194212
- Library of Congress Control Number2013050144
- OCLC Control Number864411419
and 2 more
- Better World Books9781626194212
- Open LibraryOL31185582M
Classifications
- DDC624.1/9209755493
- LCCTF238.B6 L96 2014
- LCCTF238.B6L96 2014
Description
In one of the greatest engineering feats of his time, Cladius Crozet led the completion of Virginia's Blue Ridge Tunnel in 1858. Two centuries later, the National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark still proudly stands, but the stories and lives of those who built it are the true lasting triumph. Irish immigrants fleeing the Great Hunger poured into America resolute for something to call their own. They would persevere through life in overcrowded shanties and years of blasting through rock to see the tunnel to completion. Prolific author Mary E. Lyons follows three Irish families in their struggle to build Crozet's famed tunnel and their American dream.
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