Auburn Tunnel was a 19th-century canal tunnel built for the Schuylkill Canal near Auburn, Pennsylvania. It was the first transportation tunnel in the

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. The tunnel was deliberately added to the canal as a novelty, as the hill it was bored though could have easily been bypassed. It became a major attraction, with people traveling over {{cite web, title=Profile of the Schuylkill Navigation , url=http://www.racc.edu/Yocum/canal/Reaches/Maps/Profiles_A/A-5.gif , access-date=2008-11-29 , url-status=dead , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101206081820/https://www.racc.edu/Yocum/canal/Reaches/Maps/Profiles_A/A-5.gif , archive-date=2010-12-06 upriver from

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to see it. It was periodically shortened, and in 1857 was daylighted to become an open-cut.

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Canals in Pennsylvania Transportation buildings and structures in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania Tunnels in Pennsylvania Schuylkill River Tunnels completed in 1821 Canal tunnels in the United States Water transportation in Pennsylvania 1821 establishments in Pennsylvania

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