![]() ![]() ![]() Passing below the vertical tunnel shaft, our footsteps resounded. View of Tunnel #6 opening, near Donner Pass, Tahoe National Forest, CA / image: TK Gong, 1882 ProjectĮntering the west portal’s graffiti-laden face, we found the third-of-a-mile long tunnels #5 and #6, carved through the hard granite peak. Arriving by luxury bus, it was hard to imagine 152 years prior, over 10,000 Chinese workers lived year-round in encampments, exposed to the elements, and surviving ten-foot-deep snows. In early November 2018, I joined a two-day historic preservation field trip, organized by the 1882 Project, United States Department of Agriculture, United States Forest Service, the Department of the Interior, and the Bureau of Land Management, to visit Chinese Railroad Worker Sites in California’s Tahoe National Forest. ![]() Running in near darkness towards the proverbial light, we did not expect this impromptu jog through Summit Tunnel to be life changing. ![]() By Terry Guen, FASLA, Advisory Council for Historic Preservation, Member & Landscape Architect Expert Summit Tunnels 5 and 6, near Donner Pass, Tahoe National Forest, CA / image: TK Gong, 1882 Project ![]()
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