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P7032

ID Number: P7032
Item Name: Image
Title: Tunnel Entrance on Goyeau / L'entrée du tunnel sur la rue Goyeau
Title (Fre): L'entrée du tunnel sur la rue Goyeau
Date: ca 1941
Description: Black and white aerial view looking southeast at the Tunnel entrance on Goyeau Street; the downward sloping entrance to the tunnel is in the centre in the foreground of the photograph; Goyeau stretches behind the tunnel and there is a three storey building, with buses parked beside it, inside the tunnel complex; houses and commercial buildings are visible behind and beside the tunnel entrance.
History: The Detroit-Windsor Tunnel is the only international subaqueous vehicular tunnel in the world. Construction began in the summer of 1928 on both sides of the river. Work was divided into five sections. It was completed in just 10 months using three different tunnelling methods at a total cost of $23 million, $1 million of which was used to purchase the former St. Mary's Academy site. Opening ceremonies took place the morning of November 1st and the tunnel was officially opened to public traffic at 12:05am on Monday, November 3, 1930.
Place made: Canada - Ontario - Windsor
Collection Name: Museum Windsor

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Aerial views / Vues aériennes

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