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Tunnels

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Edward Gallagher: Documents on Henry S. Drinker’s Presidency at Lehigh University

 Collection
Identifier: SC MS 0114
Abstract

Articles, correspondence and biographical information on Henry S. Drinker and his presidency at Lehigh University. Collection is assembled by Prof. Edward J. Gallagher, Department of English at Lehigh University while he was teaching a course that required using primary sources at Special Collections. Prof. Gallagher based his research on the original letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Cecilia Beaux.

Dates: 1897 - 2002

Ventilation Investigation Hudson River Vehicular Tunnel (Holland Tunnel)

 Collection
Identifier: SC MS 0118
Abstract

A detailed pioneering engineering report determining the ventilation criteria for an underwater vehicular tunnel which became known as the Holland Tunnel. At its time of opening in 1927 the Holland Tunnel was known as the “eighth wonder of the world.”

Dates: 1921-1922