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Alpine Tunnel


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The Alpine Tunnel Site incorporates interpretive signs with a ten mile, four-wheel drive tour in the rugged terrain of the Sawatch Mountain Range. The tunnel itself is the focal point of the site and the culmination of the tour. It is inoperable now, but once stood as an engineering marvel of the late nineteenth century. Visitors can see the remains and reconstructions of the railroad watering tanks, station complex and tunnel.

The Alpine Tunnel was carved through the Continental Divide in 1880-1881 by the Denver, South Park and Pacific Railroad. It was built in hopes that it would beat the Denver and Rio Grand Railroad into the rich mineral country around Gunnison. The race was won by the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad, which came over Marshall Pass. The Alpine Tunnel was used until 1910.

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