Posted on 08/28/2010 5:00:14 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
Mysterious tunnelThe tunnel that exists on the 2-acre lot is a well-like shaft 3.5 feet in diameter that descends 14 feet straight down, and then extends in two tunnels that are tall enough to stand upright in. One of those tunnels extends 16.5 feet north before it ends in a cave-in, while the other tunnel runs south for 62 feet before it also caved in. The walls, ceiling and floor of the tunnels are all lined with large stones, some as big as 5 feet in length.
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Obviously, since the tunnels run in two directions the builder(s) either had no objective in mind and just liked to dig, discovered they were going in the wrong direction at the end of 15 feet, or found the treasure at the end of the short tunnel.
Now that it is sealed it will be a mystery for the ages...at least in the Land of Goshen.
(Must’ve been a slow day at the Gazette—and at GGG)
. . . like "o'clock"! Really.
Land o’ Goshen. Godfrey Daniels! I believe you’re right. One of my relatives born in the 1880s used it frequently.
It's not far from Zoan and Succoth. Here's a map: Goshen
If the tunnel is that old, maybe it wasn’t a tunnel to begin with but an above-ground structure. Perhaps excavating the areas alongside the tunnel will yield more information than the tunnel itself.
Just sayin’.
Sounds like a prime, secret party location for local teenagers to have created. Well?
On another note, maybe a shelter for a handful of the indigenous peoples of the region to hide in when another peaceful, nature loving tribe of indigenous peoples decided to “visit” and take whatever they wanted.....
As a child we discovered a tunnel system under our local cemetary here in MA.
We had some fun times down there.
I believe it was a dranage system although it was never wet down there.
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Beautiful picture of America One!
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You’re very welcome ...you’re still my favorite aeronaut! ;D
This makes it obvious that Romans made it to the new world, and immediately began building a qanat aqueduct system, to carry water from who knows where, to anybody's guess, for who knows why!
Extend the tunnels routes on the surface, and look for more 'wells'.
Other, more likely explanations (though less sensational) exist, but why destroy a chance to create a great tourism myth? This could be bigger than Paul Bunyan!
BTTT
Originally there were signs at the bottom of the ‘well’:
<-— Men Women -—>
A lot of colleges have those (hence the total lack of overhead lines), fun to explore.
Some drivers use their horns instead of the stuff that actually controls their cars.
Years later we discovered tunnels under our town square.
A boaded up tiny brick building in an alley next to the local movie theater had a spiral staircase leading down.
Once we got down there there were 4 tunnels leading in different directions.
The best part of it was one tunnel lead to a boarded up doorway which we got through which led us into the back end of the movie theater. This part of the theater apparently was closed off for YEARS. there were old dressing rooms back there, prop rooms, ladders going way up the high wall, 3 inches of dust on everything.
It was really cool.
My buddy told a friend about it a few days later and he ended up on the front page of our local paper with 3 cases of Reeses in his hands.
Dumbass.
Depends on whose ox gets gored, Babe.
LOL! Thanks! You are my favorite range companion.
Somewhere on FR there’s a topic about the tunnels connecting the businesses of Chinatown. They were used years ago to transact, uh, business.
Tunnels were not uncommon in the colonial era. They were that era’s version of safe rooms and met the function of safety from bandits and roving bands of soldiers. Some were used as stores of wealth or smuggling.
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