Friday, March 27, 2026

1904 4,350' (1,326m) Aban/Western Maryland Indigo Tunnel and C&O Canal Lock near Little Orleans, MD

West Portal: (Satellite)
East Portal: (Satellite)

Josephh, Aug 2024

Western Maryland evidently prefered timber lined tunnels because that is what they also used for the Stickpile (Greenridge) Tunnel.
Rachel Ray, Sep 2019

p rembisz, Jul 2025

This was Western Maryland's longest tunnel. Linda points to the black blob in the upper-left corner and says that is the top of the tunnel. So this must be the east portal, and the Josephh bat-gated portal at the top of these notes must be the west portal.
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1951 Artemas and Bellegrove Quads @ 24,000

A reminder that the C&O Canal shared the Potomac River route with the Western Maryland on the Maryland side of the river. The B&O used the West Virginia side of the river until they built their Magnolia Cutoff.
p rembisz


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