Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. The Figueroa Street Tunnels are a set of four four-lane tunnels that carry northbound traffic on State Route 110 (the Arroyo Seco Parkway) through Elysian Park in Los Angeles. Reported in the article, "New Tunnel Arch Begun: North Figueroa Street Job Forging Ahead at Rapid Pace," Los Angeles Times, 16 Aug. 1935: A12. Photograph taken inside of one of the 2 drift tunnels used during the construction of the southernmost of the four Figueroa Street Tunnels. A man wearing a hard hat stands on an electric tram car on a track used for removal of sandstone. The tunnel is reinforced with thick wooden beams. Text from negative sleeve: 1683. Figueroa Street Tunnel (4th one built). Aug. 13, '35. [stamped:] Aug 22 1935
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b&w nitrate negative
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uclamss_1429_10043 ark:/21198/zz002ddsrx
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Arroyo Seco Parkway (Calif.) Tunnels--California--Los Angeles
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