It's the ultimate staring contest -- and no one can survive it. In 2006, a

A place gone wrong.A place now haunted. Engineers built the linearound the large hill fronting the river and nearby Ilchester Station, allowing freights to travel via the Patterson Viaduct past prestigious St. Mary's College.But in 1868, Mother Nature -- or perhaps something more sinister -- had other There was a freak storm.

Now only the ruins of what locals call "Hell House" remain, staring across the river at the eye in the tunnel.

A light peered from the darkness. The initial route followed the Patapsco River valley west out of Baltimore, with the first section opening for service in 1830.

The viaduct was constructed during the first building phase of the Patterson ceremonially opened the viaduct on December 4, 1829, a year and a half after the First Stone was laid beginning construction on the line, the first in America.The viaduct was almost totally destroyed in a major massive 1868 flood which devastated and wiped out most of the numerous stone mills and industrial structures lining the river. Passengers drowned, and the railroad was severely damaged.

While the Main Line still runs, and the lonely whistle of passing freights can still be heard throughout the valley, it's an echo: the sound of an era passed, a land fallen silent.

• Maryland Historical Trust, Crownsville, MD. St. Mary's College fell into disuse, and was destroyed by fire in 1968 -- exactly one hundred years after the flood that ruined the train line. HAER MD-21 - Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, Ilchester Tunnel, East side of Patapsco River, Ilchester, Howard County, MD Comments Post a comment here Contact webmaster

A single-span The Bollman design was supplanted by another bridge before the railroad was realigned a little ways upstream 400 feet (120 m) in 1902–03 with the opening of the Today, all that remains at the original Patterson Viaduct is the single masonry roadway side arch of the 1829 construction on the west bank of the Patapsco and the stone abutment on the east bank, just south of the present railroad bridge. Haunted by Peeping Tom, the Blink-Man.The views expressed in this post are the author's own.

Patch is a space for neighborhood news. A place that whispers of secrets. "Patterson Viaduct Ruins."

The views expressed here are the author's own.It's the ultimate staring contest -- and no one can survive it.The Old Main Line Subdivision is one of the oldest in the United States, and was once the chief throughway for the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad. Please keep your replies clean, friendly and factual.

Want to post on Patch? Ilchester Tunnel had opened its eye.A century later, the station is gone. The hill was blasted.

And while engineers constructed workable alternatives for the ruined viaduct during the intervening years, it wasn't until 1903 that the final solution was complete. The valley flooded. The Ilchester Tunnel is located near the historic town of Ellicott City, Maryland.

This old B&O Railroad tunnel also has a little known urban legend attached to it: The Legend of The Blink Man.

Legend has it that an old homeless blind man was hit and killed by an oncoming train in the early 1900s and now his spirit haunts the tunnel.

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