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Interior Big Bend Tunnel

A statue of folk-hero John Henry has moved move to the east portal of the Big Bend Tunnel near Talcott, West Virginia (WV).

Brick-layers lining the interior of Big Bend Tunnel often stopped work after word of sightings of the ghost of John Henry flared. Photo courtesy Levi Moore.

Big Bend Tunnel and John Henry Statue

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