Inside view of the Fort Pitt Tunnel during Construction

1958

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Inside view of the Fort Pitt Tunnel during Construction
  • Title
  • Inside view of the Fort Pitt Tunnel during Construction
  • Identifier
  • MSP285.B011.F06.I04
  • Source Identifier
  • MSP285.B011.F06.I04
  • Description
  • As rock was blasted and removed in each side of the Fort Pitt Tunnels twin tubes, walls and ceiling were lined with steel-ribbed supports. Spaced four feet apart, the eight-inch-wide supports were used to keep rock from falling before the tubes were concreted. Here, the tunnels are nearing final stages, an inside view looking towards the south portal shows the construction work in progress.
  • Genre
  • photographs
  • Subject
  • Fort Pitt Tunnel (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
    Tunnels--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
  • Source
  • Allegheny Conference on Community Development Photographs, 1892-1981, MSP 285, Library and Archives Division, Senator John Heinz History Center
  • Contributor
  • Detre Library & Archives, Heinz History Center
  • Collection
  • Allegheny Conference on Community Development Photographs
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