Building the Rochport Tunnel
May 09, 2019
When I saw this on the MKT Facebook page, I knew I needed to add this to the blog!
This picture shows worker building the tunnel at Rochport. At Rochport, Missouri, a knob of granite extended out to the river, and it was too large to completely remove or daylight, so they blasted a tunnel through it. This is the only tunnel on the entire MKT track.
This photo is interesting to me for several reasons. The lack of trees is fascinating, because that entire area is completed wooded now.
Here is what the west side of the tunnel looks like today:
This picture shows worker building the tunnel at Rochport. At Rochport, Missouri, a knob of granite extended out to the river, and it was too large to completely remove or daylight, so they blasted a tunnel through it. This is the only tunnel on the entire MKT track.
This photo is interesting to me for several reasons. The lack of trees is fascinating, because that entire area is completed wooded now.
Here is what the west side of the tunnel looks like today: