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Two workers in the fourth Figueroa Street Tunnel during construction, Los Angeles, 1935

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Title: Two workers in the fourth Figueroa Street Tunnel during construction, Los Angeles, 1935
Date Created and/or Issued: 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 two workers in the fourth Figueroa Street Tunnel during its construction. They are in the main tunnel which is lined with curved steel girders holding up thick wooden beams. A third man is partially visible on the left.
Text from negative sleeve: 1683. Figueroa Street Tunnel (4th one built). Aug. 13, '35. [stamped:] Aug 22 1935.
Type: Image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_10048
ark:/21198/zz002ddsxh
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Arroyo Seco Parkway (Calif.)
Tunnels--California--Los Angeles
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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