Church Hill Train Tunnel Collapse | Hidden History with Brian Bullock

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On October 2, 1925 a train tunnel in Church Hill collapsed onto hundreds of workers. The train and at least two men are still buried under Jefferson Park. Learn about the hidden history of the Church Hill train tunnel collapse.
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Hidden History with Brian Bullock
Filmmaker Brian Bullock hosts this digital short featuring not-so-well-known Virginia locales and uncovering the remarkable hidden history found there. Presented by VPM.
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@richardottum1 3 ай бұрын

As a water purification specialist in the army at Fort Lee Virginia; the water problems in Richmond always amazed me. The amount of water purification equipment could really help purify water from the James River and pump it up to Richmond and the citizens of the Richmond prince greater area

@stopthephilosophicalzombie9017 2 жыл бұрын

I've lived in Richmond for 20 years and didn't know this story.

@HoldMaDeee 2 жыл бұрын

Super sad. I live in the lofts where this was filmed. Right above the tunnel entrance. I walk through Jackson park all the time and never knew this

@Dgoldsweeps4002 Жыл бұрын

Redmond ur right crazy how history is. I was born in richmond 1968 and grew up in Churchill/ Whitcomb CT and grandfather lived right in front of the flower bed in front of chimborazo park and I never sent this ..crazy but I will when I go back home 😊

@Xzill 2 жыл бұрын

Amazing Editing 👍, also Rip those victims from the tunnel collapse

@Chrisss2112 Жыл бұрын

Tragic and devastating 😢

@kristinascountrybathbomb Жыл бұрын

they need to open that tunnel and bring the people to with their loved ones

@aileenwuornos461 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for doing this doc y’all !!

@danajoseph6705 9 ай бұрын

Right On!

@retr0bits545 6 ай бұрын

Personally I feel like it would be a good decision to actually dig out the entire tunnel, recover the bodies, the locomotive, and flatcars. Then fill it back in with soil to prevent sinkholes from occurring as to prevent more disasters from happening.

@bedhead7454 Ай бұрын

Great video !

@smfield Жыл бұрын

Great job.

@jomama5186 2 жыл бұрын

Wow. How sad :( 🙏❤

@bumblbesss Жыл бұрын

They could sleeve/reinforce this tunnel as it's being excavated I bet fairly easily with today's tech. we have everything from metal, concrete, and acrylics its just too expensive, and no gain from doing it.

@stevenmccaughan2752 10 ай бұрын

I would like to add a bit to the history of the tunnel seeing that it was in my backyard on twenty nine street and my family had a long history of working for the C&O. My grandfather was the Chief Purchasing Agent for the C&O and my father ran Fulton Yards which was at the southern end of the tunnel. My father would take in inside the tunnel at the southern end to inspect it. My father new people who where there that day. It was not the only disaster to occur on that site for the Indians defeated the British Colonists in the 1700 hundreds

@nancylayman9247 2 жыл бұрын

Like history and would love to visit Richmond, Virginia. Thank you.

@WalterBurton 2 жыл бұрын

👍👍👍

@laurenlongfellow9714 Жыл бұрын

So basically once they got the white dude out, they didn’t give a shit about trying to find the 2 black laborers. Color me shocked…

@SGNbuff 11 ай бұрын

You don't know that to be true.

@vidalsmith9160 2 жыл бұрын

I live in Richmond,Va and i am very familiar with the tunnel and have drove by the entrance on 18th st. many times i wanted to know which entrance is the train closer to

@stopthephilosophicalzombie9017 2 жыл бұрын

I wonder if anyone knows anymore.

@Dgoldsweeps4002 Жыл бұрын

If you find out let me know how to get to both please vidal. I'll check it out next time I'm home k

@bumblbesss Жыл бұрын

It entered the east side and headed west

@vidalsmith9160 Жыл бұрын

@@Dgoldsweeps4002 okay

@ZombieKnight-mn4jd Жыл бұрын

I live right in that area

@Mom_to_schnauzers 2 жыл бұрын

What state??

@vidalsmith9160 2 жыл бұрын

Richmond,Va

@cruelyplayz Жыл бұрын

Bro everyone acting like this is a video, VPM is a tv channel

@kristinacountrybathbombs2050 2 жыл бұрын

i think they need to open it

@dnosdst6253 2 жыл бұрын

It’s basically impossible to open the tunnel and retrieve the train because the tunnel has too much water invit

@LMSPetRescue 2 жыл бұрын

It’s far too dangerous to open. The tunnel never should’ve been built in the first place and was always structurally unstable and had constant problems. If they open it they risk another collapse, but there’s now houses and apartments etc above the tunnel so if the tunnel collapses it could kill a lot more people. Even undisturbed it occasionally has minor collapses that cause small sink holes in people’s backyards. If technology advances to where they can open it safely I would love to see what’s inside, but right now it’s not worth the risk

@CryBlueofZ 2 жыл бұрын

Fear it's too unstable to open it was long enough to free the train and remains

@73beetle19 2 жыл бұрын

I heard they could lose a few houses above the tunnel if they tried digging it out.

@stopthephilosophicalzombie9017 2 жыл бұрын

@@LMSPetRescue Also given the moisture content in the dirt the train is probably rusted away.

@horatioyen256 2 жыл бұрын

3:02 true

@Ihoprails 17 күн бұрын

Try rebar ffs

@patsycadena 2 жыл бұрын

Every city have a story what things be happening in the city. And why. Very interesting . In the past. Was a curse or something else about the 🚆. And people got hurt or killed in the 🚆. When know for sure. In was 1925.

@elissaharbuck2170 2 жыл бұрын

It’s appalling that they made sure to recover a white man’s body, but left behind at least 6 black men. The happy looking train mural outside the tunnel makes it even more disrespectful.

@zakariadefaye6877 2 жыл бұрын

4 of the 6 men were found in a second head count the white guy was in the train his body was easy to find considering how most people got out, source history from the dark's video

@coreyinman742 4 ай бұрын

I wish they would open it up and get everything out to put it in a museum