File:"D.L.andW.R.R. New Bergen Tunnel...Detail of Portal Masonry" Plan Sheet. Revised December 22, 1906. On file at New Jersey Transit Corporation Headquarters, Newark, New Jersey - Delaware HAER NJ-136-27.tif

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Tucher, Rob

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Lackwanna andWestern Railroads, Delaware
Archbald, James, engineer
Rockwell, Samuel, resident engineer
McAndrew, John, contractor
LaValley, Pilar, transmitter
Title
"D.L.andW.R.R. New Bergen Tunnel...Detail of Portal Masonry" Plan Sheet. Revised December 22, 1906. On file at New Jersey Transit Corporation Headquarters, Newark, New Jersey - Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad, North Bergen Tunnel, Through Bergen Hill from Prospect Street at Ogden Avenue to John F. Kennedy Boulevard at Beacon Avenue, Jersey City, Hudson County, NJ
Depicted place New Jersey; Hudson County; Jersey City
Date 2001
Dimensions 8 x 10 in.
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Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Accession number
HAER NJ-136-27
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This file comes from the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS), Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) or Historic American Landscapes Survey (HALS). These are programs of the National Park Service established for the purpose of documenting historic places. Records consist of measured drawings, archival photographs, and written reports.

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  • Significance: The North Bergen Tunnel is significant for its role in the development and expansion of the D.L&W.; Railroad system. The tunnel was one of the first major construction projects undertaken after the D.L.&W.; acquired control of the Morris & Essex Railroad.
  • Survey number: HAER NJ-136
  • Building/structure dates: 1873-7 Initial Construction
Source https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/nj1773.photos.222503p
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Object location40° 43′ 41.02″ N, 74° 04′ 41.01″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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