tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7812116909571848352.post4721442794197749768..comments2023-09-05T03:42:45.586-04:00Comments on Queen City Discovery: A Hidden Tunnel In Mason OhioRonny Salernohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09028420637930256541noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7812116909571848352.post-58915143649477273082017-07-27T23:39:23.077-04:002017-07-27T23:39:23.077-04:00Dave, I remember talking to you guys! Shoot me an ...Dave, I remember talking to you guys! Shoot me an email at ronnysalerno@gmail.com and let's chat!Ronny Salernohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09028420637930256541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7812116909571848352.post-38755459724379356262017-07-27T20:47:18.763-04:002017-07-27T20:47:18.763-04:00I still live in the area, and the tunnel is still ...I still live in the area, and the tunnel is still accessible as far as I know. It's in someone's backyard, so you should be able to get to it unless the brush at the creek's edge is too thick somehow. Also, I looked through all of those pictures in that link I posted and they do a great job outlining a lot of the route. <br /><br />I don't really use social media much so it was easier to post anonymously- but we have met a couple times. I'm Dave,and my wife and I met you first at that 2nd story bar in Pittsburgh the night before the April 1 game. I'd be more than happy to show you where things are if you do head out here and timing works and all that jazz. Looking through those pictures, I realize that I recognize a lot of those places. I just can't be sure of the state things are in now. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7812116909571848352.post-15583117693649675882017-07-27T15:36:29.589-04:002017-07-27T15:36:29.589-04:00Anon,
Thank you so much for sharing your memorie...Anon, <br /><br />Thank you so much for sharing your memories and sharing this. I'm taking a look at the various coordinates now, is the tunnel still accessible?<br /><br />I'm gonna try and get out to this soon at some point, love jjakucyk's site.<br /><br />Do you still venture back there like when you were a kid?Ronny Salernohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09028420637930256541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7812116909571848352.post-14565266109119500872017-07-27T10:56:03.942-04:002017-07-27T10:56:03.942-04:00Related pictures can be found here (including the ...Related pictures can be found here (including the Lake Allyn historical marker referring to the power house): http://jjakucyk.com/transit/cgp/index.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7812116909571848352.post-14883701046589641192017-07-26T21:05:59.029-04:002017-07-26T21:05:59.029-04:00Your article reminded me of the remains what my fa...Your article reminded me of the remains what my father called the old "traction line" that I used to be able to see on my school bus route in elementary school. Start at these co-ordinates: 39.086012, -84.234349 That puts you on Old SR 74 out near Batavia where the road crosses a stream. There is a large tunnel a few hundred yards upstream. The note that around the corner off Shaylor Rd. there is a street called Traction Ln. Dad always said that road was laid where the tracks once were, and modern satellite maps seem to bear that out. A little further down Old SR 74 towards Batavia, there is Old Depot Rd., the end of which doglegs onto the old track right of way as well. Switch from satellite view to map view and you can see how Traction Ln., the tunnel/bridge and the dogleg of Old Depot line up along tell tale curves in the property lines. Between Stoddard and Old Depot, there is a very very narrow plot that looks a lot like an old railroad right of way IMO and it lines up perfectly with Old Depot Rd's dogleg. Area lore says that there was a "power station" at the damn of Lake Allyn here: 39.081656, -84.225627 I've always heard that the line was electric and that Lake Allyn was created to provide hydroelectric power for the line. The only other part that was visible in the winter months was a rail way bed that runs on the opposite side of the creek bed that runs along Old SR 74 from 39.084832, -84.210183 on out towards where it used to join SR 32. As a kind, when all the leaves were off the trees, it looked like there was another road on the other side of the creek with old stone retaining walls and such. I don't know if this is up your alley at all, but it was fun remembering. Oh and thanks for everything you do on match days. Go FCC.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7812116909571848352.post-87284881071873223622016-02-23T18:29:19.726-05:002016-02-23T18:29:19.726-05:00We are going to go take a look. Been here 54 years...We are going to go take a look. Been here 54 years and didnt know about it thanks Ronny!!Urban Paranormal Commandoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14444723196110962825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7812116909571848352.post-58727295001381396262015-11-23T14:14:13.407-05:002015-11-23T14:14:13.407-05:00Wow. Incredibly similar. Thanks for sharing!Wow. Incredibly similar. Thanks for sharing!Ronny Salernohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09028420637930256541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7812116909571848352.post-81716879796091826852015-11-23T13:55:01.093-05:002015-11-23T13:55:01.093-05:00That stonework is a very similar to that of the Ci...That stonework is a very similar to that of the Cincinnati & Columbus Traction Company's culverts in Madeira and Indian Hill. http://www.jjakucyk.com/transit/cc/index.html Jeffrey Jakucykhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04092631645389171565noreply@blogger.com