The tunnel was designed by French engineer Claudius Crozet in the mid-19th century for the Blue Ridge Railroad to cross the mountain range. Between 1850 and 1858, a large crew of Irish immigrants ...

Disfigured, awkward and clumsy, Claudius (10 BC – 54 AD / Reigned 41 – 54 AD) was the black sheep of his family and an unlikely emperor. Once in place, he was fairly successful, but his poor ...