The Holland Vehicular Tunnel connecting New York and Jersey City typifies modern engineering. This shows how the huge cofferdam permitted the two tubes to be built under the silt and rock of the Hudson River bed.

The Holland Vehicular Tunnel connecting New York and Jersey City typifies modern engineering. This shows how the huge cofferdam permitted the two tubes to be built under the silt and rock of the Hudson River bed.

Type: Archival materialsPhotographs

Collection Creator: Missionary Catechists of Divine Providence.Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Civil Engineering DepartmentUnderwood and Underwood

See more items in: Division of Work and Industry Lantern Slide Collection, Division of Work and Industry Lantern Slide Collection / Series 1: Engineering / 1.17: Tunneling

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Container: Box 78, Item 52

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Archival Collection

Division of Work and Industry Lantern Slide Collection

Creator
Missionary Catechists of Divine Providence.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Civil Engineering Department
Underwood and Underwood
Compiler
National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Mechanical and Civil Engineering
National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Work and Industry
Identifier
NMAH.AC.1013

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