Above the Church Hill Tunnel, Richmond, VAAbove the west portal of the ill-fated Church Hill Tunnel in Richmond, Virginia. The tunnel collapsed in 1926, entombing a train a few hundred feet from this entrance.
The plaque reads:
"In memory of the unidentified African-Americans whose souls rest in this tunnel, 75 years to this day after its collapse. And in memory of: Richard Lewis, Thomas Mason, Ben Mosby, H. Smith who also died that fateful day. October 2, 2000."
Photographed by Ernest Hunt, November 24, 2006.
Added to the photo archive by Ernest Hunt, November 25, 2006.
Railroad: Chesapeake & Ohio.
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