Subway Tunnel

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Title

Subway Tunnel

Subject

Subways--Design and construction
Subway tunnels
Illinois--Chicago
Central business districts
Illinois--Chicago--State Street

Description

Tracks and piping run through a tunnel section of the Chicago subway system, or "L". 

On verso: "Finished section of shield driven tube in downtown State Street. The fluid nature of the sail in the central business district compelled the use of the shield method of mining."

Publisher

Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum

Date

n.d.

Format

jpg

Language

eng

Identifier

401277
Federal Writers Project

Original Format

commercial print
b&w
82
21 x 26 cm