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East Side Railroad Tunnel, Benefit Street to Seekonk River, Providence, Providence County, RI

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East Side Railroad Tunnel, Benefit Street to Seekonk River, Providence, Providence County, RI

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Summary

Significance: The tunnel and viaduct connected all railroad traffic from Fall River, Massachusetts, and the eastern shore of the Narragansett Bay with the main shoreline route of the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad. The East Side Tunnel viaduct is the eastern end of the Union Station Viaduct.
Survey number: HAER RI-29
Building/structure dates: 1908- 1909 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: 1938 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: 1982 Subsequent Work

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Date

1969 - 1980
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Contributors

Historic American Engineering Record, creator
Providence & Worcester Railroad
New York, New Haven, & Hartford Railroad
Gagel, Edward
Barrett, William E, photographer
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Location

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Source

Library of Congress
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No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html

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