Filling with Water
Unfortunately, for the Onslow Company, the prospect of keeping the tunnel from flooding proved futile. The pit’s original architects had dug it with a 500-foot connecting waterway leading to Smith’s Cove. The tunnel would fill with seawater with every high tide, making it impossible to dry out. Progress on the dig was halted for 45 years until the Truro Company picked up the effort…
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