Revision as of 00:21, 19 March 2016

Negro Mountain Tunnel was a planned South Penn Railroad tunnel. Like all the South Penn tunnels, Negro Mountain was unfinished when the railroad folded. Unlike Quemahoning Tunnel, which was eventually finished and used for trains, and the seven original Turnpike tunnels, Negro Mountain was never finished and never used for vehicular traffic at all. It was decided by the Turnpike survey that a rock cut would be more cost-effective than finishing the tunnel.

Name

Negro Mountain Tunnel
County	Somerset
Opened	Never used for Turnpike

The racial epithet, while not a derogatory term in this proper form, causes the mountain's name to be considered rather crass by modern standards. Negro Mountain is one of the ridges of the Allegheny Mountains. Its summit, Mount Davis, is actually the highest point in Pennsylvania. There are several stories of how it got its name, mostly revolving around a Negro man accompanying a group of whites, killed by Native Americans during the French and Indian War.

Proposals have been put forward to rename the mountain, both in Pennsylvania and Maryland, but have not passed.

External Links

Negro Mountain and the tunnel at Wikipedia

"A descent into Negro Mountain Tunnel", with excellent photographs

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-The racial epithet, while not a derogatory term in this, its proper form, causes the mountain's name to be considered rather crass by modern standards.  Negro Mountain is one of the ridges of the Allegheny Mountains.  Its summit, Mount Davis, is actually the highest point in Pennsylvania.  There are several stories of how it got its name, mostly revolving around a Negro man accompanying a group of whites, killed by Native Americans during the French and Indian War.
+The racial epithet, while not a derogatory term in this proper form, causes the mountain's name to be considered rather crass by modern standards.  Negro Mountain is one of the ridges of the Allegheny Mountains.  Its summit, Mount Davis, is actually the highest point in Pennsylvania.  There are several stories of how it got its name, mostly revolving around a Negro man accompanying a group of whites, killed by Native Americans during the French and Indian War.
 Proposals have been put forward to rename the mountain, both in Pennsylvania and Maryland, but have not passed.