North River Tunnel Sprang A Leak On Ole’ Henry Hudson…
North River Tunnel Sprang A Leak On Ole’ Henry Hudson…
One of the first rounds of waterproofing in the North River Tunnel, an underwater thoroughfare of the Pennsylvania Railroad, took place in December-January 1908. These photographs show a before and after of the labors spent to correct the leak…
Before:
Looking East Before Waterproofing of the North River Tunnel of the Hudson River, Pennsylvania Railroad, December 19, 1908
After:
Looking East After Waterproofing of the North River Tunnel of the Hudson River, Pennsylvania Railroad, January 20, 1909
Connecting the railroad lines between Weehawken, New Jersey to New York City, this early innovation of engineering in transportation is still in use today…bringing mad traffic to and from the Island of Manhattan on a daily basis!
as if!