I made a trip today and hiked through Blackhand State Park to shoot the Ohio Electric Interurban train tunnel. Sure wish the weather would have been better. This might be cause for another trip this summer!
In October, 1890 an electric interurban was running from Newark to Granville. The line wasn't opened to Zanesville until 1903 due to difficulties cutting a pathway through the gorge. An interurban tunnel 19.5 feet high and 327 feet long was blasted through solid rock to complete the job.
The interurban ran on the opposite side of the Licking River from the B&O Railroad. The last Ohio Electric Interurban car ran through the gorge on February 15, 1929.
02-05-11
Now you're talkin' my language!
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