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| Aborted Quarry Diggingsl | Leaving Quarry Cave # 1 By The Lower Road | ||||||||||||
 Quarry # 2 Entrance |
After passing the woodland camps, the road curves to the west
and crosses over the stream. You can see it below, but
not above as it travels beneath the road through a hydro
tunnel. Dunbar was an early adopter of electrical power
and had a DC-Dynamo generated power station on Irishtown
run. Because low voltage DC power can not be transmitted
over even moderate distances, the power had to be used
adjacent to the generator. That means that the old
American Wire Glass plant must have been the consumer of this
power. The houses you approach as you cross the stream
are all that is left of this industry. The factory was
demolished in the 70s.
For the curious, we have included images of inside the tunnel. These pictures show all there is to see, so you are advised not to waste your time or risk injury by taking this route yourself. Besides, even if you travel through the tunnel, you will only find the stream impassible a short distance above the tunnel. You will have to return to either the Irishtown Run trail that you came down or walk up the paved road back to your vehicle. |
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 Quarry # 2 Entrance |
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