The Tunnel of Terror and other Awesome Ruins

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[@elainecooksey5338]

There is no way i would have crossed that bridge either Cliff, or gone in that tunnel with all those cave crickets, makes me cringe. All the ruins are awsome.

[@darlenegood4101]

Looks like a lot of deer walk around. Way cool train bridges/trestles.,,,,,way awesome tunnel...even the crickets....

[@chrisackerley1842]

The quality of your videos has improved dramatically in recent months. I have always enjoyed your videos, but lately you really have me hooked! Your recent underground videos are no less than amazing!!! You deserve a lot more KZbin views than you are getting. If I may be so presumptuous as to suggest something you should try, I suggest you tinker with the descriptive words you use in your titles. Remember, we all use key words to locate the videos that interest us. You might consider using some of the same descriptive terms used in the titles of those Urbex videos that get really high numbers of views. Most important, though, please keep up the quality work you are doing. If you ever hear of a site where the remains of early oil exploration in PA still exists, I would love to see a video about such a place. Thanks! PS: I would have killed to get you as a social studies or geography teacher for my kids when they were in school!

[@mikejamicky3655]

Back at the kilns where you started, there is a old cooling tunnel coming off of the Lehigh. People like to boat in there

[@steel5886]

Cliff, I want to thank you for this video which is special to me .During the 60's in NJ when I was a kid I had to work with my grandfather who was a stone mason ,and the bags of cement definatly came from this place .All over the bags is large letters was ( SAILORS Cement COPLAY PA ) WOW really cool to make the link through your great videos.Thank You very much

[@JamesRobertSmith]

I am always stunned at the whims of human commerce. Once upon a time humans poured tremendous investments of cash and labor and material to create that joint which employed obviously a lot of people. And then the same whims that created it deemed it obsolete and now it stands as a testimony to the same fickle commerce that created it. And every community in this country seems to be peppered with these sites. When I was younger I used to explore some of them. It really sends home the message of human mortality, as far as I'm concerned.

[@rosemarykasper4001]

Cool exploration! Thank you for braving the heights of the trestle and the cave crickets to show us some really neat places!

[@bye92]

Those kilns are about 45 mins from me. I'm up north in the Poconos. I love Pennsylvania's rich and beautiful history without us this nation wouldn't have been the same

[@cynthiabaker4035]

Random outdoor fun doesnt walk and explain the history of the places you go to. I enjoy your vlogs much better, Im a hopeless history buff, so Thank You for all the walk thru history you show. Also enjoy JP's as well.

[@paradoxfossils]

You would like Castlewood park in Missouri it's got a lot of trails,ruins caves,cliffs a river and creeks etc borders on Lone Elk Park. As well as some other spooky areas and Native sites etc. Near it

[@shots2]

i used to see those things all the time when I went to my doctors and the first lane store back in the sixites.. always wondered about them

[@mpaul5586]

The area you were at around the 15:00 mark is where we played paintball for years before the owner of the land died. Surprised that we weren’t there the day you were there. Loved that place, was always a challenge to play anytime of year.

[@llstarlight]

I like the sound of snow crunching with steps :) feels more like being there

[@ericzolner4650]

Thomas Iron Company. Dismantled 1938 from what I've read online.

[@SenseOfWonder2]

Thanks, I started reading the comments to see if anyone knew what the ruins were :)

[@mountainwoman5713]

Great video. You are a natural! So enthusiastic about all the beautiful things most people take no notice of anymore. Thanks for being a true woodsman !

[@BrianClunie]

Creepy and awesome, thank you for sharing!

[@techydog7854]

I'll take rickety, rotting train trestles over cave crickets any time. Wouldn't go in that tunnel without a flame thrower.

[@thewanderingwoodsman7227]

I like bugs

[@tweet-tweettweety9704]

@@thewanderingwoodsman7227 Was there a cave cricket down the back of your shirt? #worstnightmare

[@CheapestGamer]

Techy Dog I'd take terra firma any day over both. Having a fear of heights, a fear of enclosed places and not being comfortable with bugs jumping on me I would've stayed far, FAR away from that tunnel and the train trestle.

[@randomxaos]

When it comes to outdoor adventure and historical remnants, old buildings, factories, and settlements from the earliest people who came to the U.S. way in the past....Pennsylvania is one of the most incredible places to explore. As a kid I did much walking in western PA. I remember being a kid, wearing my headphones listening to RUSH and Black Sabbath (yes... a Walkman with cassettes), walking in the snow at nighttime and smoking (ahem...cough cough...) and exploring new places. It truly was an amazing experience.

[@boblilly9317]

What you explored was the Thomas Iron Company ruins. 1850's to the 1930's. Beth Stl purchased and demolished the site.

[@577buttfan]

Wow,a RR bridge that we can actually walk across coolness thanks brother!!! Dewd,that tunnel was freaking dope!!! Funny i can fly my paramotor but cant do tunnels lol :)

[@AlexPletcherPhoto]

13:31 oh no you passed it up =[ that's one of the more astounding looking ruins i've seen. Rather unique almost modern-city tower looking from a distance

[@SueGirling68]

Wow that was an awesome adventure, it looked so pretty with the leaves settling on top of the snow. I'm not so sure that the tunnel was as cool with all of those cave crickets ouncing off the walls lol. Thank you, you are a braver person than me ;). Merry Christmas to yourself and your family. xx

[@lawrencevaught1705]

Great video ! Watching from Maryland

[@karenpacker8862]

This footage is so awesome right from the start!!!! Really loved it Cliff!!! Thanks for braving the "cave crickets". Too many for me. And the trestle bridge. The snow made it more beautiful!!!!

[@crushhardtack2870]

Awesome place. I’d like to find out the history of the railroads and industry there.

[@donnacarter2617]

That is only across the the Lehigh River from me, that is where we hung out as kids. Wow thanks Cliff. That tunnel leads to the church on top. Our place to party back in the day.

[@danmathers141]

It's a shame Modern buildings that are still being used are being demolished while places like this no one would miss.

[@paradoxfossils]

I catch cave crickets and centipedes in my basement all the time I let em out the basement door. But I have never seen so many together in one place like that before.

[@lindaloumcaninch6222]

Cliff, you are very brave. Most people I know would never venture where you do. Those cave crickets are so freaky.

[@billjobes1851]

No problem not taking the walking bridge across the river. Wise move.

[@bryceblomgren692]

Yeah, I'm suprised it's still standing.

[@roxanneeverett]

I live across from that bridge in Northampton. I was just on a walk down that trail. I couldn't find those ruins though.

[@beverlykennedy126]

Don’t blame you for. Not wanting to cross that second railroad bridge. It did look a bit hairy . I’m not afraid of heights but the fact there were no rails along the side was enough for me. I love watching your videos hope you keep doing them. Best of luck to all you do .

[@daveyjoweaver5183]

What a cool place. I was imagining restoring that large building into a museum or studio. Seems a shame that it's falling into ruin, though I think it will be a long time before those walls come down. For a few million you could do wonders with that place, eh? Of course with a few million you'd be sitting on the porch of you cabin by your creek. Thanks Much, a cool journey. That tunnel would be a great pathway to your wine cellar from the big building. I wonder if it is haunted that tunnel to horror. DaveyJO

[@nobillclinton]

Nifty stuff. Merry Christmas.

[@ruthgoebel723]

Those cave crickets would have sent me out way faster than I went in. 😲😖😖

[@tweet-tweettweety9704]

Great video- except for the cave crickets and the bridge over the river. lol Hope you're going to share your Christmas tree with us this year, only a close up so we can see your ornaments! Merry Christmas!

[@AJOCONNELLNEWPORT]

This was SPECTACULAR....except the crickets.. Thanks Cliff.

[@sbapreppingsurvivalbushcraft]

Excellent video again my friend! Thanks!

[@steel5886]

Cliff, Wishing You ,and your family a Merry Christams ,and Happy New Year ... Incredible video keep them coming .Thank You

[@sandramcglinchey7712]

I watched the cave for about 1 minutes couldn’t watch anymore!

[@jcoughlin325]

Coplay pronounced Cop-plee. Just found your channel btw. I'm new to Lehigh/Upper Perkiomen Valley. Cool stuff.

[@carbidejones5076]

Love your vids, keep them coming, Merry Christmas

[@paradoxfossils]

Plus the slippery snow does make more unsafe on that damaged trussel.

[@karasterner3578]

I would LOVE to go exploring old ruins and abandoned spaces that are frozen in time. I am actually located in the Lehigh Valley! How would you go about doing this and finding places? You should also check out Lock Ridge Iron furnace in Alburtis. It’s small but reading the history and seeing the remnants of the buildings is incredible! I go for walks there all of the time.

[@boudica26ify]

Cool place. Thank you

[@davidder4516]

The explorer videos are awesome love it just found ur channel during my exploration or the tube lol utube that is

[@heatherk.9937]

A blessed Christmas to you Cliff! So, ashamed to admit, could not stomach the cave crickets. Ugh. Give me slimy, stinky, dangerous, but I have a few phobias. Large gatherings of large insect-like critters and anything that ends in -pede. Otherwise that was really cool. The large bldg did indeed appear to have been a church though seems such would be out of place there? Thank you for this pre holiday treat. I’m looking forward to our Christmas camping. This year at Prince Galitzen, winter hiking, fires and catching up on TWW and JPV from our cabin in the woods. Nothing better!

[@thewanderingwoodsman7227]

Since the video has been out, people have informed that the large building was a power plant at one time.

[@heatherk.9937]

The Wandering Woodsman - so the power of God then?! Lol! Would them be the most attractive power plant I’ve ever seen. Super cool. And I say cool as well, at 45. Guess there’s something wrong with me too!! LOL! Merry Christmas

[@Keith58x]

This is the Thomas Iron Works. This was one of the biggest iron producers of the 19th century, though these ruins are from early in the 20th century. The big building was the engine house, where massive steam engines provided the blast for the furnace. this is what it looked like before demolition. That "big" building is small compared to the furnace: digital.lib.lehigh.edu/cdm4/beyond_viewer.php?DMTHUMB=1&DMTEXT=thomas%20iron&searchworks=searchthomas%20iron_3_0_1_0_0_0_0&ptr=010737

[@terryanderson5947]

Awesome video bub. I would love to know the history of the old church if that's what the building is. And also the date the church was built.

[@raynonabohrer5624]

Hey this leaves me out terrified of heights and can't stand caves!

[@bdickinson6751]

Interesting stuff as usual!

[@jeepinjohnny2898]

hey - WW. good show. thanks.

[@prjgrudge]

The big huge building at the end was definitely a power station for the complex.

[@robertyoung1726]

Awesome video

[@lovesmashbox]

Boy your braver then i would be . That tunnel is kind of scary...

[@janecharlton6780]

No way !!!! . Freaked me out , but so entertaining. Lols

[@donnasilver940]

Cool I like videos like this.

[@jamesholt7612]

Awesome video Cliff.

[@nancyford4536]

Never heard of cave crickets. Awesome video.

[@helengomez2757]

For some reason the buildings gave me the creeps but the church building was awesome, I could feel the coldness of the environment but safe. How old are those buildings that there is a tree growing at the entrance of the church. On your next venture, can you take us to Bigfoot country and explore? Please , please, please :)

[@577buttfan]

I dont think that was a church I was there yesterday and that tunnel connects to that building,pretty sure it had something to do with the Iron company.

[@sheilalemley8722]

I don't even like standing on the grates in city streets. Nope. No way..

[@andrewbarlow8937]

Please visit the old Dupont gun powder plant. That is Historically significant and really interesting.

[@mattrizzo7821]

So many cave crickets!!

[@donna6368]

I have never in my 49 yrs heard of or even seen cave crickets. I guess the old saying is true. You learn something new everyday.☺

[@JPVideos81]

They are quite common in dark damp areas. I first came across them in the basement of an abandoned house. They react to light and start jumping towards it.

[@donna6368]

@@JPVideos81 Yep, it's confirmed that I will NEVER go into any dark damp places.🙄 Bright lights for life!!!😜

[@johnchalleen3278]

@@donna6368 walk towards the light.

[@Warren_Farms]

doesn't seem like there was much point to that tunnel, and the angle iron sticking out of the walls along with all the hooks was odd. Cool video, adding it to my list of places I wanna see

[@roscoep.coltraine6344]

Thomas Mitteer. You should see that tunnel with a lit tea candle on every angle iron looks like ur in an old castle

[@akbauer2525]

Reminds me of the roach swarms in Damnation Alley.

[@coreyb9920]

This is the old Thomas Iron Works site

[@timothywstlwn]

may be this building is a power station for the cement or a steam generation plant

[@missionwingman]

Awesome

[@Friskee62]

What was the tunnel used for? Researching it would be very interesting...COOL video. Have a great Christmas...

[@thewanderingwoodsman7227]

I have no idea.....no one else seems to know either.

[@bobreeder2441]

Tunnel to where for what?

[@budsheli]

this was the old Thomas Iron Company.

[@thewanderingwoodsman7227]

Thanks

[@budsheli]

@@thewanderingwoodsman7227 The large building you thought looked like a church was were the Blowing engines were for the blast of air for the blast furnace's

[@budsheli]

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blowing_engine

[@TESSAPOOKIE1]

Facts

[@ericzipf1332]

So, you'll walk in that tunnel of bugs but not on the bridge huh? That's funny!

[@courtneymoyer6492]

I don't think so not me.😣😥

[@alphaone101]

I'd love to have the money that is wasted on spray paint just to cover things with graffiti.

[@bryceblomgren692]

It makes me sad, people like you. Just want to destroy history, it it saddens me.

[@billstill1794]

They steal them.

[@alphaone101]

@@billstill1794 In other words me and other honest people pay for their stolen paints.......nice. Next time I come across a graffiti painter I should kick his or her ass until their nose bleeds for wasting my hard earned money!

[@billstill1794]

@@alphaone101 Yes! Do that to ALL vandals!

[@joejones9520]

@@alphaone101 no one ever sees them...

[@craigmickel6637]

Look out for the train

[@ethelrodebaugh3826]

What was that tunnel used for; so narrow? And was there any exploration into what that very large buildng was? LOVED THE ViDEO

[@johnchalleen3278]

I want to know what those towers were...oh look, a building.

[@m4ttand4ngie]

I could've sworn I heard moans at 22:41 and whispering at 22:48

[@pamelanoel8948]

At 7:58 I hear beautiful church bells.

[@krokokot99]

Wow ,crippy tunel.

[@BelindaTN]

What was the purpose of that tunnel? I would rather have dug my out through the garbage than walk back through the cave crickets. We call them camel back crickets. We have had them under our house and I sometimes find them in our barn. I hate them.

[@animal16365]

I think that tunnel was used to move water

[@amandas8621]

Are those crickets or spiders??

[@awtull]

Always interesting. What camera are you using?

[@thewanderingwoodsman7227]

canon SX60

[@joejones9520]

Ive never seen anyone painting graffiti but obviously they are everywhere, what makes someone want to tote paint in to some remote place and then make elaborate nonsensical messages? Puzzling. I always imagine it is very dumb people who waste time doing that. Just as ugly as if trash was strewn over the area.

[@garrykilner5440]

Cave cricket colony

[@reneereb6499]

Cliff, cave crickets... I am itchy all over now. Better you than me.

[@thegoldenboy294]

You gonna encounter a dogman or a crawler in a cave ine of these days! You shouldn't go in that deep!

[@andrewbarlow8937]

Dude ! W.T.F. are those towers ?

[@pyro-te3ho]

those are old cement kilns

[@Honeydwarf85]

It's pronounced cop-lee, not co-play. There are tons of cool stuff all near the trail. I live 5 minutes away. You didn't even see a quarter of the stuff!

[@mikejamicky3655]

Thatguyontheinternet I cringed in that beginning when he pronounced it wrong, no one pronounces it right except the locals. I am 7 minutes away from that trail on the Northampton side

[@samanthab1923]

I have lived in PA over 20 years and still wonder at all the punctuations.

[@aprilscarl5010]

I grew up in Northampton behind Atlas cement (‘66-‘86) now I live in Egypt on the opposite side of 145. Bunch of neat things on that side of the Rail Trail.

[@archiecunningham3734]

I wonder how old that church was

[@johnchalleen3278]

1885

[@twospirits2669]

What is with people always saying taking pitchers, instead of taking pictures?

[@na-df2dl]

You should get a go pro

[@bahamajim1998]

Lmao !!! I dont blame you one bit.... Still awesome 🚶.

[@buddylight2191]

How do you keep your feets warm in all that snow?

[@thewanderingwoodsman7227]

Insulated hiking boots

[@johnchalleen3278]

Where you from buddy? The Bahamas? duh...

[@kelli3610]

What are the buildings at the beginning?

[@thewanderingwoodsman7227]

Cement kilns

[@lotsoffish]

What was that tunnel made for? You didn't do your usual good job of describing what those buildings and tunnel originally were used for.

[@thewanderingwoodsman7227]

I didn't have much info on the place, I just knew there were some ruins at the place and went to check them out. If you read some of the other comments they mention what this place was.

[@ChicagoMadisonWesternRR]

Which railroads went through that community?

[@johnhemple7459]

Reading and Lehigh valley railroads

[@Roon3808]

He started out on the Ironton Railroad. The bridge was part of a Jersey Central spur that came across the river from their mainline to interchange with the IRR and access the Thomas Iron Company. The Lehigh Valley RR also had their mainline on the river side of the IRR tracks (and ran right alongside the Thomas Iron Works). There was also a Reading Company Interchange and even an Lehigh & New England bridge and interchange about a quarter mile south.

[@volurwulf5682]

The Catasauqua Fogelsville rr was the line that went from Lockridge Furnace to Thomas Iron Works. It is no longer in operation but there's plenty of info online.

[@margaretwilson996]

can't get the reporting thing off the screen