Overview | |
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Other name(s) | Hoffman drainage tunnel |
Location | Clarysville |
Operation | |
Work begun | 1903 |
Opened | 1906 |
Technical | |
Design engineer | Phillip Jenkins |
Length | 2 miles |
Grade | 1/3 percent |
The Hoffman tunnel, or Hoffman drainage tunnel, was constructed to drain water from coal mines northwest of Clarysville in Allegany County, Maryland. The two-mile-long tunnel drains into the Braddock Run tributary of Wills Creek.