Inside view of the Fort Pitt Tunnel during Construction

1958

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Inside view of the Fort Pitt Tunnel during Construction
  • Title
  • Inside view of the Fort Pitt Tunnel during Construction
  • Identifier
  • MSP285.B011.F06.I05
  • Source Identifier
  • MSP285.B011.F06.I05
  • Description
  • Collapsible steel forms used to place concrete on sidewalls and ceilings of the Fort Pitt Tunnel were hydraulically operated and mounted on rails. One concrete form covered approximately 50 feet. More than 110,000 tons of concrete, 59,000 cubic yards, were required to line the tunnel walls, with an additional 4,000 cubic yards going into the roadway ceiling.
  • Genre
  • photographs
  • Subject
  • Fort Pitt Tunnel (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
    Tunnels--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
  • Source
  • Allegheny Conference on Community Development Photographs, 1892-1981, MSP 285, Library and Archives Division, Senator John Heinz History Center
  • Contributor
  • Detre Library & Archives, Heinz History Center
  • Collection
  • Allegheny Conference on Community Development Photographs
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