Today, from a picturesque overlook on the mountain above, tourists can see the gate of the Hawks Nest Tunnel, located on the New River in Gauley Bridge. There, water rushes through 16,240 feet of ...

GAULEY BRIDGE — For the first time since 1936, no water flows through the 3.1-mile long Hawks Nest Tunnel, leaving the hydroelectric turbines at the power plant it serves idle. On Sept.

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WOWK) — Considered one of the worst industrial disasters in U.S. history, the Hawks Nest Tunnel incident shines a light on the labor conditions of early 20th-century America.

“It’s a film, but at the same time, it’s more than a film,” says “The Hawks Nest Tunnel” director and producer David Pushkin.

(AP) — A West Virginia tunnel where hundreds of construction workers died from silica-choked passageways is set to undergo its first inspection in more than 80 years. The Hawks Nest Tunnel has ...

In the photo above, dust circles a worker during the construction of the Hawks Nest Tunnel in 1930. Workers on the project were exposed to toxic levels of silica dust; hundreds ultimately died.

One of the worst industrial disasters in American history is a forgotten example of the dangers of silica, the toxic dust behind the modern black... Before Black Lung, The Hawks Nest Tunnel ...