Resme Tunnel

The coup de grace that secured the fortunes of the Toureme Railway Organization was a risky venture. A fortune went to the local chapter of the Industrial Workers Union to undertake one of the most impressive feats of engineering in all the world: digging 40 miles of tunnels through the Piarran Mountains between Toureme and Grotteville. The Resme Tunnel is 20 feet in diameter, with 12 inch by 15 inch support beams and posts placed as buttressing arches spaced from 5 feel to 100 feet apart, depending on the material forming the tunnel at that point. At intervals of 50 to 75 feet there are large niches in the sides of the tunnel big enough for a group of men to take shelter from a passing train, and at intervals of 2 to 4 miles there are side passages leading to small rooms, ostensibly for the future storage of supplies for the engines.
The tunnel was completed in 1513 after 6 years of construction.
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