The tunnel is collapsed about 100 yards in. The Cannonball was an electric line. There are "endangered" bats inside the tunnel. Hence the gate. The Sugar Notch side was imploded purposely many years ago. Your pic shows a dry floor. Last time I was there it was about 10 inches of water. I've seen some old pictures of the mouth of the tunnel and there was a decorative face on it. But I don't know about how that got destroyed. My Grandmother grew up in Nuangola. She related some old stories about riding the train to go to Wilkes Barre. Alot of history in the area when Lake Nuangola was a popular place.
@DDExplores6 жыл бұрын
Yes,,, they put the gate on there approx 8 years ago,,, the trolley used to go from Hazleton to Wilkes-Barre in 40 minutes,,,, pretty good for 1903,,, The trolley closed in 1933 ... It was the first guarded 3rd rail in the country 15,000 volts,,,,He didn't go far enough off the path,,, there are the ruins of a duck farm and a nice well to draw water.
@577buttfan4 жыл бұрын
Bats was a good excuse for them too start gating these places.
@rtoguidver36514 жыл бұрын
@@577buttfan It's to protect us as well from the disease that bats carry.
@577buttfan4 жыл бұрын
@@rtoguidver3651 What are you talking about??? The bat gates are big enough for them too flt in and out whenever they want,they feed every night in the Summer,so they leave,fly and eat then return back through the gates. Also that covid 19 may have been created by man in lab but we wont get into that here.
@rtoguidver36514 жыл бұрын
@@577buttfan The gate protects the bats so they can still survive and us from going inside where the disease is. The gate was put on years after the tunnel was closed off. What planet are you from ?
@JPVideos816 жыл бұрын
I didnt think that tunnel was large enough for trolleys until i saw you get close to it. Looks Awesome. Those darn bat gates...
@577buttfan5 жыл бұрын
18v makita will fix that :)
@jamessinclair62873 жыл бұрын
(8:45) The PGC wasn't "destroying history" by installing a gate and the backfill. They are bat conservation measures. Obviously, the gate was installed to keep people out. The backfill in front of the tunnel opening is designed to lower the interior temperatures of the tunnel by allowing warmer air to escape and make it more suitable for bat hibernation (approximately 40 degrees Fahrenheit).
@timkiner1006 Жыл бұрын
Thanks again
@ferlenarab3 жыл бұрын
A tunnel in Pa. I visited many times since the 1960s has bat gayes on it now, one side is closed anyway through a highway fill!
@nickmad8872 жыл бұрын
Thanks Cliff.
@paulmentzer76584 жыл бұрын
Many of these tunnels were blocked off to prevent vehicular use post abandonment. Once the rails were removed you could drive a Model Ts or Model As on those old rail routes. Local Governmrnt would even pave them in the 1930s through the 1950s but given they were never designed for automobiles were dangerous. Many local Government were sued for faulty upgrades. I knew a lawyer who told me one of his first cases involved such a rail line in the 1950s. If the local Government had done nothing on the line, they were not liable, but if they did anything, and paving was cheap so many local government paved these abandoned rail beds so that people with cars could use them. Once sued, most were blocked off. I suspect this tunnel was involved in such an "Improvement" and after the local Government lost a lawsuit they decided to make the tunnel unusable by putting that huge mound of dirt at the entrance, some time in the 1940s or 1950s. The Game Commission put the gate up around 2008 to keep hikers out so the bats would not be disturbed. Bats survive the winter in "Caves" like this one, but only if they are left alone, thus the gate To check up on my speculation as to the mound of dirt you have to look through the old court records and see who sued the local township or maybe even the county to confirm my speculation but I do not have the time to do so.
@donmoore77853 жыл бұрын
That fill looks very recent, not from 70 years ago! Someone below commented that the fill was not there less than 10 years ago. But what you say about making an improvement and knowing there is a dangerous situation, generally is true about municipal liability.
@danielwatson8136 Жыл бұрын
Probably a interurban line like septa Norristown high speed line rt 100
@Wistful776 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the 'glimpse'! Couldn't see it any other way. Beautiful walk up to that place. ;]
@rtoguidver36514 жыл бұрын
Wikipedia states: The name Nuangola probably derives from an Algonquian language, which was spoken by the indigenous Native Americans of the area (most likely the Delaware, the region's largest tribe, although some Nanticoke and Shawnee also lived there at the time). According to legend, a Native American maiden named Nuangola is believed to have drowned in the lake. Another story states that Nuangola is the Native American word for "Three-Cornered Lake" or "Triangular Lake," the latter of which was another name for the area prior to it being officially named Nuangola. It has also been proposed that Nuangola means "people of the north."[
@scot-johnson5 ай бұрын
Have you discovered the drainage tunnel on the other side of 81?
@johnmehalick4 жыл бұрын
I live down the road on Prospect! You were in Rice Township. I never been back there. I have a copy pages of a book written by Cdr. E.J. Quinby Wilkes- Berre & Hazleton Railway.
@crushhardtack28706 жыл бұрын
Interesting. There’s so much railroad history here in Pennsylvania.
@sandraplonka52256 жыл бұрын
Thank you again this was wonderful. Love Pennsylvania.
@rosemarykasper40016 жыл бұрын
Bummer, looked like it would have been fun to explore, but also those rocks looked like a collapse waiting to happen so probably for the best. Thanks for taking us along!
@thewanderingwoodsman72276 жыл бұрын
It did look rather unstable
@billiefloyd71066 жыл бұрын
Nice hike, Glad for pics. inside the tunnel.
@Ogre-zr5zk6 жыл бұрын
My neck of the woods, haven't been there in years though, use to snowmobile use to run along the mountain, under the interstate, and on up to the towers at Mountaintop.
@Ogre-zr5zk6 жыл бұрын
I learned it was there from my dad, he said it was passable by 4x4 til the interstate was built,.
@CheapestGamer6 жыл бұрын
Next time you're up this way you should check out Route 309 south(which heads out of Wilkes-Barre and into Mountaintop). There's some old train and/or mine tunnels in the hills along there. Although I think JPVideos did a video of one of them already.
@DDExplores6 жыл бұрын
yea,,, I've been there, too,,, interesting stuff on that old incline
@thewanderingwoodsman72276 жыл бұрын
I'll try to check it out sometime
@chef57026 жыл бұрын
Hey, this place is about 2 miles from my house, I rode almost the whole rail line last summer, it was called the laurel line. It was electric trolley car that ran from Wilkes Barre to Hazelton. The buildings you saw was a power house/ maintenance house. There also use to be a small round house there at one time before the tunnel. And I was wondering did you happen to check the Ashley planes while you were in mountaintop / Wilkes Barre area?
@thewanderingwoodsman72276 жыл бұрын
First time I've heard about the Ashley plane, I'll try to check it out sometime
@chef57026 жыл бұрын
@@thewanderingwoodsman7227 well if you research it and decide to make a trip back out here I can show you around there. I ride MTB and check places like this around Pennsylvania
@billlukasik18015 жыл бұрын
To be specific, the Laurel Line was the electric trains that went from Wilkes-Barre to Scranton. The Scranton passenger terminal was on Adams Avenue where the U of S fields are currently, the freight terminal still stands as part of the Maid-Rite Steaks building. The Wilkes-Barre terminal was located where the Times Leader building sits at Market Street & Pennsylvania Avenue. The Wilkes-Barre location for the Wilkes Barre & Hazelton Electric Railway was located across Pennsylvania with the terminal on the 3rd Floor!
@Tom-cy5em6 жыл бұрын
Good video thanks for taking us along.
@animal163655 жыл бұрын
The railroad is the old Wilkes-barre and Hazelton railroad which operates from 1903-1933
@porkturtle83212 жыл бұрын
He said that in the video.
@chris_mic5 жыл бұрын
Northeast Pa is my home. I didn't know that many of these tunnels existed.
@Friskee626 жыл бұрын
Very inviting and interesting...
@JamesRobertSmith6 жыл бұрын
'Extirpated' was indeed the term you were looking for. There were once fishers here in NC, mainly in the Black Mountains and the Great Smoky Mountains. But they were also exterminated here and remain absent from the ecosystem. I don't think that there has been any effort at all to reintroduce them into any of their former range here in either NC or TN.
@trjb17672 жыл бұрын
Plenty fishers in ma woods. They have a crazy loud scream or call
@lindamccaughey88005 жыл бұрын
Really loved that thanks, you got a few great pics
@HikingWithShawn6 жыл бұрын
Unless the gate was placed for simple safety reasons, my guess is that bats inhabit the remainder of the tunnel and the gate was placed to preserve them and help prevent White Noise Syndrome. Most of our old mines and caves here in the Shawnee are gated off for that reason. By the looks of it, it would make a wonderful spot for bats to populate.
@thewanderingwoodsman72276 жыл бұрын
I was expecting the gate, just not the huge mound of rubble placed in front of it - that seemed a waste
@paulcondie25206 жыл бұрын
The Wandering Woodsman they probably placed the stone pile in front to give the impression that the entrance was filled to keep the unwanted out
@journeywithjay6 жыл бұрын
Great video bud!!! That's the way I pronounced the town.
@sandracatalfamo89266 жыл бұрын
Beautiful and scenic
@danlewis18714 жыл бұрын
It doesn't seem big enough for a train esp a locomotive
@johnshucavage30654 жыл бұрын
Wilkes-Barre and Hazleton Railroad Electric interurban railroad, utilizing the 'third rail' to power the cars and locomotives that operated over it. A contact shoe from the trucks of their electric locomotives and interurban cars made contact with the rail and slid along as the train moved. This line pioneered the protected third rail, using a board to cover the rail from weather. I hiked to this tunnel in 2014-2015. There was no fill. The gate was already in place. Supposedly, there are great quantities of quartz crystals deep within...
@greg337705 жыл бұрын
Good job, well explained !
@kateclark72502 жыл бұрын
Interesting tunnel, but it didn't look too stable. Thanks for the adventure.
@bahamajim19986 жыл бұрын
Hey your about 10 miles from me . nice place there .
@pgwphoto5 жыл бұрын
Scramble over top of ridge on north side of Penobscot you’ll run into the old rail bed of the Lehigh Valley!
@rtoguidver36514 жыл бұрын
Why is it called Penobscot Mountain, isn't that a Tribe of Indians ?
@tommyzcat4 жыл бұрын
Do you have a list of gear you use on your vlog trips? Cool! I have never seen a fisher here in PA.
@JamesRobertSmith6 жыл бұрын
I will assume that the game commission had good reason to block the entrance. (By the way, that is one very stoutly constructed fence!!!) That tunnel does look rather fragile. I wouldn't want to go into it. Also, that must have been an extremely small vehicle that made the transit of that tunnel. Some kind of specialized train? It must have been really narrow to run through that tunnel.
@thewanderingwoodsman72276 жыл бұрын
It was one of those electric trains (trolley). The tunnel was most likely gated because of the bats
@johnshucavage30654 жыл бұрын
Full size trains ran through the tunnel
@donmoore77853 жыл бұрын
@@johnshucavage3065 Looks are deceiving then. It sure looks smaller than that.
@paulcondie25206 жыл бұрын
Another interesting video!
@kenhanna95514 жыл бұрын
I have a good friend that lives near there. I would love to explore that area
@natkingcurrieiv13186 жыл бұрын
AWESOME!...Subscribed..
@mathiasringle57726 жыл бұрын
you have a really cool and interesting hobby
@matthewdill53264 жыл бұрын
If it wasn't for the bats, I'd say a little drone flight in to look around would be good.
@rabbibacongrease885 жыл бұрын
They blocked the opening to protect The eastern small-footed bat (Myotis leibii) which is a species of vesper bat. They supposedly live in the tunnel.
@lotsoffish5 жыл бұрын
How does blocking the tunnel protect the bats? Protect them from what?
@rabbibacongrease885 жыл бұрын
@@lotsoffish blocking the tunnel keeps people out but they left an opening big enough for the bats to get in and out
@willmorrisusa5 жыл бұрын
Ya, no... You're pretty good ! U could tell it was a male toad without flippin him over ☺
@bubsadventures71925 жыл бұрын
I'd love to go on an adventure with you
@rabignall5 жыл бұрын
Great videos! How is your girlfriend doing? Don't hear from her much anymore in your vids.
@SueGirling686 жыл бұрын
Hi, what a shame they gated it. That would have made for a cool explore with people like Jay. Thank you, it was a pretty hike anyway ;). x
@nobillclinton6 жыл бұрын
good vid
@577buttfan5 жыл бұрын
The game commission does destroy history i agree 100%!!! They could just throw there chain up over the mound and yank it out. Nice one bro!!
@poopdeckpappy79245 жыл бұрын
I really enjoy almost everything you show us. The areas that show collapsing are the exceptions. I hear that you get disappointed when you can't explore inside of such a place, but I can't help feeling relieved that some of those places are inaccessible to you. Your personality seems to indicate that you're a person who would make a rather good friend, and if I was there with you (as a friend), I'd suggest that you risk less. Please continue to entertain us with your adventures...safely... ...and watch out for those bears !
@577buttfan5 жыл бұрын
I wouldn't mind if the gate was ripped off,then we could take a peek :)