East Side Railroad Tunnel, Benefit Street to Seekonk River, Providence, Providence County, RI
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
Tags
Date
1969 - 1980
Contributors
Historic American Engineering Record, creator
Providence & Worcester Railroad
New York, New Haven, & Hartford Railroad
Gagel, Edward
Barrett, William E, photographer
Location
Riverside, 41.81399, -71.40033
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
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