Showing posts with label tunnel. Show all posts
Showing posts with label tunnel. Show all posts

Tuesday, September 18, 2012

Freight Tunnels in Chicago (1904)

Branch tunnels leaving main shaft.  Superintendent Jackson at lower level of train on the left.
George W. Jackson. "Freight Tunnels in Chicago." The Independent. 57 (November 3, 1904).

Friday, September 14, 2012

Railroading, Turntable, & Arch (1867)



Jack Wing. The Great Chicago Lake Tunnel: The causes which led to its conception; the great undertaking; obstacles encountered; how the work was performed; launch of the crib, etc., together with sketches of the visits of several illustrious parties to the works, and a midnight train of cars beneath lake Michigan. Also, the successful completion of the great enterprise.. (Chicago: Jack Wing, 1867).

Wednesday, September 12, 2012

Dodging Death (1925)

detail of cross section-tunneling under Lake Michigan.
Island from which tunnel is being dug with sketch showing underground work.
"Dodging Death Behind the Dynamite Crew."Popular Mechanics.44  (September 1925).

Tuesday, September 4, 2012

La Salle Street Tunnel (1888)

La Salle Street Tunnel
Chicago: an Instructive and Entertaining History, or A Wonderful City.  (Chicago: Rhodes and McClure, 1888).

Friday, July 20, 2012

Tests Through Tunnels (1922)

Army gas mask worn in tests through tunnels on Monongah Division, Baltimore & Ohio R. R.
Arno Carl Fieldner, Sidney H. Katz, Selwyne Perez Kinney. Test of gas masks and respirators for protection from locomotive smoke in railroad tunnels with analysies of tunnel atmospheres.(Washington: Government Printing Office, 1922).