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This tunnel built my hometown - and shaped my interest in history. I’m standing in Williamstown, Pennsylvania, in front of the remains of the Williamstown Tunnel. Nearly 4,000 feet long, it cut straight through Big Lick Mountain and powered one of the most productive anthracite coal operations in the state. By the turn of the 20th century, more than 1,200 men worked underground here. Williamstown exists because of places like this. The mine went into operation in the 1860s, just after the Civil