general information

Address and Phone:
Tennessee Backroads
, TN 00000

Phone: (800) 799-6131

Cowan

www.tennesseebackroads.org

Adams, TN

Cowan was an important wartime location because of its proximity to the Cowan railroad tunnel south of town.  The 2,228-foot long tunnel was constructed from 1849-52.  Its destruction would have put rail activity from Nashville to Chattanooga at a standstill for a lengthy period of reconstruction.  At the junction of U.S. 41-A and the railroad, look for the marker for the Cowan tunnel and the Cowan Rail Museum.