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A crew knocking down a home in Middletown, Pa., discovered a hidden tunnel underneath the home. Some historians believe it may be part of the 19th century Underground Railroad.
Crews knocking down a Pennsylvania home found a little bit of history in the rubble.
Workers were demolishing a home in Middletown Saturday when they found a hidden chamber that could have been a part of the Underground Railroad, WGAL reported.
Historians believe the 70-foot-long secret tunnel served as a stop on 19th century network, which helped slaves escape from slave states to free ones.
The well preserved tunnel is connected to an underground room and butts up against the condemned house, WGAL reported.
The chamber was littered with glass bottles — a sign that the tunnel may have later served as speakeasy during Prohibition era. The secret room would have made for a perfectly hidden bar from 1920 to 1933, when selling alcohol was illegal, historians said.
James Thornton was working on the demolition crew that found the mysterious tunnel.
"It is an amazing feeling to know that slaves made their way through Middletown," Thornton told Harrisburg's WHTM. "I knew Middletown was the oldest community in the county, but I never imagined, it had this kind of history."
Demolition crew accidentally unearths possible Underground Railroad tunnel in Pennsylvania - NY Daily News
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