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Title: Southernmost of the four Figueroa Street Tunnels under construction, Los Angeles, 1935
Date Created and/or Issued: August 13, 1935
Publication Information: Los Angeles Times
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Archives
Rights Information: US
Description: 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.
Photograph of the southernmost of the four Figueroa Street Tunnels under construction, showing the south end with two drift tunnels with electric tram tracks for removal of sandstone running out of each tunnel. Seven men climb six ladders that are set against the cliff between the tunnels. Lumber is stacked between the tracks, and piled on the right. Four or five wooden houses are visible at the top of the hill on the left. A wooden rail fence circles around the excavation area.
Reported in the article, "New Tunnel Arch Begun: North Figueroa Street Job Forging Ahead at Rapid Pace," Los Angeles Times, 16 Aug. 1935: A12
Type: Image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_10045
ark:/21198/zz002ddstz
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Arroyo Seco Parkway (Calif.)
Tunnels--California--Los Angeles
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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