National Register Record for JENSON TUNNEL

Historic Name: JENSON TUNNEL
Current Name: SAME
Address: NE OF CITY OFF OF OK 112
City: CAMERON VICINITY            County: LEFLORE
Section: BETWEEN SECTIONS 27, 28, 33, AND 34           Township: 9N           Range: 27E          
Description of significance: THE JENSON TUNNEL IS OKLAHOMAS ONLY RAILROAD TUNNEL. IT WAS BUILT BY THE FRISCO RAILWAY THROUGH THE CHOCTAW NATION BETWEEN 1885 AND 1887. THE TUNNEL IS APPROXIMATELY 1,180 FEET LONG, WITH AN AVERAGE WIDTH OF 14 FEET AND AN AVERAGE HEIGHT OF 20 FEET. THE TUNNEL REMAINS IN USE TODAY. LISTED IN NATIONAL REGISTER 5/13/1976.

Type: STRUCTURE
Historic Function: TRANSPORTATION: RAIL-RELATED
Current Function: TRANSPORTATION: RAIL-RELATED
Area of Significance 1: TRANSPORTATION
Area of Significance 2: None
Architectural Style: None
Architect: None
Year Built: 1885            Original Site: YES
Condition: GOOD
Restricted: N
Documentation Source: GIBBS LAWRENCE "ONLY STATE RR TUNNEL BUILT BY FS&S IN '86" STILLWATER OK, NEWS PRESS, NOV 22, 1973, P3
Date Prepared: SEPT 1975