Chapline Hill Tunnel

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Also called the Hempfield Tunnel and Viaduct
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from the 1870 map of Wheeling ([/References Chicago Map Co.])
Number 19 on the map is Mount de Chantal school.

The Hempfield Tunnel is now part of the Wheeling Walking/Bicycling Path, which replaces the railway tracks.
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How extensive were the repairs/rebuilding of 1904 - from this date over the west tunnel entrance it appears the answer is, "Very".

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Looking east - note the lights in the ceiling!

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Just inside the west end of the tunnel is this plaque naming people who rebuilt it in 1904.

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The light at the end of the tunnel - looking west.

History and walk through.