Spiral Tunnels
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Spiral Tunnels are a pair of ingeniously engineered railway tunnels in British Columbia’s Kicking Horse Pass that use spiral loops to reduce steep grades and safely carry trains through the Rocky Mountains.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Spiral Tunnels canonical | 1 |
Statements (37)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
civil engineering structure
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railway tunnel system ⓘ |
| constructedBy | Canadian Pacific Railway NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Canada ⓘ |
| crosses | Continental Divide region (nearby) ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Lower Spiral Tunnel
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Upper Spiral Tunnel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasViewpoint | Spiral Tunnels viewpoint on Trans-Canada Highway NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | historic railway engineering site ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
British Columbia
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Canadian Rockies NERFINISHED ⓘ Kicking Horse Pass NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInPass | Kicking Horse Pass NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInProvince | British Columbia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Field, British Columbia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Yoho National Park NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOnLine | Canadian Pacific Railway main line NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| material | rock ⓘ |
| maximumGradeAfterConstruction | approximately 2.2 percent ⓘ |
| notableFor |
iconic mountain railway engineering in Canada
ⓘ
reducing steep grades with spiral loops ⓘ |
| numberOfTunnels | 2 ⓘ |
| opened | 1909 ⓘ |
| operatedBy | Canadian Pacific Railway NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| owner | Canadian Pacific Railway NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| previousMaximumGrade | approximately 4.5 percent ⓘ |
| purpose |
allow heavier trains through the Rocky Mountains
ⓘ
increase train safety ⓘ reduce railway grade through Kicking Horse Pass ⓘ |
| region | Rocky Mountains NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| replaced | Kicking Horse Pass "Big Hill" route NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| status | in use ⓘ |
| trackGauge | standard gauge ⓘ |
| usedFor |
freight trains
ⓘ
passenger trains ⓘ |
| usesDesign | spiral loop tunnel ⓘ |
| visibleFrom | Trans-Canada Highway NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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