Photographs of the construction of the Holland Tunnel, 1919-1927 - NYPL Digital Collections

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Description: Running under the Hudson River, the twin-tube roadway of the Holland Tunnel (originally the Hudson River Vehicular Tunnel) connects Canal Street in Lower Manhattan with 12th and 14th Streets in Jersey City, New Jersey. The tunnel, built between 1919-1927, takes its name from its designer, civil engineer Clifford M. Holland (1883-1924), who died while directing its construction. The images presented here comprise the contents of three albums of silver gelatin photographs, which were probably assembled for associates of the New Jersey Interstate Bridge and Tunnel Commission; at an unknown date, these albums were transferred from the Yale University library to The New York Public Library.
Names: New Jersey Interstate Bridge and Tunnel Commission (Compiler)
Dates / Origin: Date Created: 1921 - 1927 (Approximate)
Library locations: General Research Division; Shelf locator: VDF+ (New Jersey. Interstate Bridge and Tunnel Commission. Photographs of the construction of the Holland Tunnel)
Topics: Tunnels -- New York (State) -- New York; Holland Tunnel (New York, N.Y.); Underwater tunnels -- Hudson River (N.Y. and N.J.)
Genres: Photographs
Notes: Content: On cover of one album: New Jersey interstate bridge & tunnel commission.; Ownership: Weller H. Noyes. Yale University Library.
Type of Resource: Still image
Identifiers: RLIN/OCLC: 46986543; NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b15048916; Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 1e5da0d0-c6c0-012f-cb11-58d385a7bc34

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