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Quakake Tunnel
The Quakake Tunnel (also known as the Meadow Tunnel or the Beaver Meadow Tunnel) is a mine drainage tunnel in Carbon County, Pennsylvania, in the United States. The tunnel is several thousand feet long and has a discharge of thousands of gallons per minute. It was the subject of an Operation Scarlift report.〔 The tunnel is a major contributor of acid mine drainage to the watershed of the Lehigh River.
==Description==
The Quakake Tunnel is located in Packer Township, not far from the border between Carbon County and Luzerne County.〔 The tunnel is located to the south of the borough of Beaver Meadows. It is approximately in length.〔 The mouth of the tunnel is at Wetzel Creek and its waters ultimately enter the Delaware River.〔〔 The tunnel's direction is mainly north and 60 degrees west and the other end of the tunnel is in coal mine workings belonging to the Lykens Vein.〔〔 It drains part of the Spring Mountain coal workings as well as the Beaver Meadow and the Coleraine coal workings.〔
The mouth of the Quakake Tunnel is slightly over above sea level. The upper end of the tunnel is not significantly higher.〔
The Quakake Tunnel is one of four sources of acid mine drainage in Carbon County and one of eight in the watershed of the Lehigh River.
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