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Leisure Tunnel

Leisure Tunnel

The Leisure Tunnel is a short tunnel along the long-gone Lenox Railroad in Morgan County, Kentucky.


The Lenox Railroad was founded upon the trackage that was laid by the Roper-Reese Lumber Company which connected to the M&NF at Redwine. 1 The company had constructed a line along the Straight and Big Mandy Creeks but further work had been halted because of financial complications. The American Lumber & Manufacturing Company, through its subsidiary, the Lenox Saw Mill Company, purchased its timber interests and completed the railroad to Redwine which included a switchback and a short tunnel near Leisure.

The Lenox Railroad was incorporated on July 3, 1918. 1 Shortly after, the line was converted to standard gauge and extended 1.7 miles to the mine of the Clearfield Cannel Coal Company on Rush Branch, giving the Lenox a distance of 7.7 miles. The Lenox filed for abandonment on October 16, 1926, after timber and coal resources were exhausted, and the line was dismantled after March 1927.

Leisure Tunnel
Leisure Tunnel
Leisure Tunnel
Leisure Tunnel
Leisure Tunnel
Leisure Tunnel
Leisure Tunnel
Leisure Tunnel
Leisure Tunnel

Information

  • State: Kentucky
  • Route: Formerly Lenox Railroad, KY Route 711
  • Type: Tunnel
  • Status: Active - Automobile
  • Spans:
  • Navigational Clearance:


Sources

  1. Sulzer, Elmer G. “Up North Fork Way.” Ghost Railroads of Kentucky. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1968. 101-10. Print.

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