Taft Tunnel is a railroad tunnel in the northeast United States, located in the southwest part of Lisbon, Connecticut. Completed in 1837, it was the first...
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The Milwaukee Road crossed under it in the St. Paul Pass Tunnel, also known as the Taft Tunnel, completed in 1908; its length is 8,771 feet (1.66 mi; 2...
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66-mile (2.67 km) tunnel through the mountains near its site. Tunnel #20 on the railroad, it is known as St. Paul Pass Tunnel or Taft Tunnel; its East Portal...
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(42 km2) is land and 0.4 square miles (1.0 km2), or 2.29%, is water. The Taft Tunnel carries the Providence and Worcester Railroad through the hills along...
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Railroad, abandoned 235-foot-long (72 m) rail tunnel in Washington, now a rail trail Taft Tunnel, rail tunnel, Providence and Worcester Railroad (originally...
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commuter trains. The old tunnel carries the two center tracks, and two new tunnels carry outer tracks. 1837: The Taft Tunnel opened in 1837 for Norwich...
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84917; -113.70778 (Ptarmigan Tunnel), el. 7,100 feet (2,200 m) St. Paul Pass Tunnel/Taft Tunnel, abandoned rail tunnel, in use 1908-1980, Chicago, Milwaukee...
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The Taft Bridge (also known as the Connecticut Avenue Bridge or William Howard Taft Bridge) is a historic bridge located in the Northwest quadrant of...
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the line passed through the 300-foot (91 m)-long Taft Tunnel – the first common carrier railroad tunnel to be completed in the country. In 1833, the Worcester...
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refuge in the newly-constructed railroad tunnels between Avery and the St. Paul Pass Tunnel (a.k.a. Taft Tunnel) to the northeast. Avery's population was...
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15-mile (24-km) rails-to-trails route which includes the 1.7 mile (2.7 km) Taft Tunnel. The Emerald Creek Garnet Area provides an opportunity to collect star...
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(later New London) north to Worcester, Massachusetts, including the Taft Tunnel at Lisbon, CT. The Boston, Hartford and Erie Railroad leased it in 1869...
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The Lytle Tunnel is a vehicular tunnel that carries Interstate 71 (I-71) under the historic Lytle Park in Cincinnati, in the U.S. state of Ohio, connecting...
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time worked in the tunnel. The tunnel opened in 1909 to much fanfare with a dedication ceremony attended by President William Howard Taft. It was listed on...
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full term in 1904 and groomed William Howard Taft to succeed him in 1908. Roosevelt grew frustrated with Taft's brand of conservatism and tried, and failed...
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September 21 - Taft establishes the Shoshone Cavern National Monument. September 23 - Taft opens the Gunnison Tunnel in Colorado. September 27 - Taft sets aside...
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the train to Taft Avenue station. However, the unpowered train suddenly decoupled while in motion and overshot the retarding buffer at Taft Avenue station...
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Wawona Tree (redirect from Wawona Tunnel Tree)
The Wawona Tree, also known as the Wawona Tunnel Tree, was a famous giant sequoia that stood in Mariposa Grove, Yosemite National Park, California, United...
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Laurie became chief engineer in 1835. In 1837, the Taft Tunnel at Lisbon, Connecticut (the oldest tunnel still in railroad use in its original form) was...
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Downtown Hudson Tubes (redirect from Cortlandt Street Tunnel)
2018. Retrieved May 2, 2018. Taft, William H. (July 20, 1909). "40,000 CELEBRATE NEW TUBES' OPENING; Downtown McAdoo Tunnels to Jersey City Begin Business...
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Mandie (redirect from Mandie and the Secret Tunnel)
A direct-to-video film based on the first book, Mandie and the Secret Tunnel, was produced in 2009, starring Lexi Johnson and Dean Jones. Mandie was...
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Oval Office (section Taft Oval Office: 1909–1933)
between the president and an oval room, was more fully expressed in the Taft Oval Office (1909) in the West Wing. Location of the Yellow Oval Room on...
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Retrieved October 16, 2020. Excerpts from speeches by Woodrow Wilson, William H. Taft, and Theodore Roosevelt. The Complete Idiot's Guide to the Crusades. 2001...
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irrigation tunnel. On September 23, President William Howard Taft dedicated the tunnel in Montrose. The East Portal of the Gunnison Tunnel is accessible...
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EDSA (section Construction of EDSA-Taft flyover)
a flyover to Tramo Street. EDSA would pass through Pasay Rotonda within Taft Avenue and continues on a straight route until it crosses to Roxas Boulevard...
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towns of Taft, Grand Forks". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Retrieved June 21, 2017. Gidlund, Carl (March 21, 2010). "Rail route tunnels saved...
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Uptown Hudson Tubes (redirect from Morton Street Tunnel)
Retrieved April 24, 2018. Taft, William H. (July 20, 1909). "40,000 Celebrate new Tubes' Opening; Downtown McAdoo Tunnels to Jersey City Begin Business...
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Ontario, a municipality within the Greater Toronto Area. Opened in 1981 by the Taft Broadcasting Company and the Great-West Life Assurance Company, it was the...
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Phelps Taft II, son of Chief Justice of the United States and former President William Howard Taft and brother of the future Senator Robert A. Taft. Although...
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wind tunnel design. Atmospheric 5-ft wind tunnel (1920) Variable Density Tunnel (1922) Propeller Research Tunnel (1927) High-speed 11-in wind tunnel (1928)...
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