St. Clair Tunnel

St. Clair Tunnel
Year: 
1907
Publisher: 
T. H. Manley
Type(s): 
Postcard
Identifier(s): 
1295
Source: 
Mike Skreptak Collection; Dexter Box
Notes: 
Postmarked 1907; Canadian side of Tunnel in Sarnia; the St. Clair Tunnel consists of 2 tunnels that run under the St. Clair River between Sarnia, Ontario and Port Huron, Michigan; Canadian side; it was the first underwater tunnel built in North America; designed by Joseph Hobson, it was opened in 1891 by the St. Clair Tunnel Company, a subsidiary of the Grand Trunk Railway; the tunnel was 6,025 feet (1,836 m) long; it was replaced by a new tunnel in 1994.
Subject(s): 
St. Clair Tunnel (Sarnia Port Huron)
Tunnels
Railways
St. Clair Tunnel Company (Sarnia)
Grand Trunk Railway
St. Clair River
Hobson, Joseph, Designer
Place(s): 
Sarnia (Ontario)
Rights: 
Public Domain
Repository: 
University of Windsor. Leddy Library
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