It takes the average reader 3 hours and 11 minutes to read The Blue Ridge Tunnel by Mary E. Lyons
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
The true story of the construction of the historic Crozet railroad tunnel—as seen through the eyes of three Irish immigrant families who helped build it. In one of the greatest engineering feats of the time, Claudius Crozet led the completion of Virginia’s Blue Ridge Tunnel in 1858. More than a century and a half later, the tunnel stands as a National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark, but the stories and lives of those who built it are the true lasting triumph. Irish immigrants fleeing the Great Hunger poured into America resolved to find something to call their own. They would persevere...
The Blue Ridge Tunnel by Mary E. Lyons is 191 pages long, and a total of 47,941 words.
This makes it 64% the length of the average book. It also has 59% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 4 hours and 21 minutes to read The Blue Ridge Tunnel aloud.
The Blue Ridge Tunnel is suitable for students ages 10 and up.
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