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Wawona Tunnel Construction Details - Wawona Tunnel, Wawona Road through Turtleback Dome, Yosemite Village, Mariposa County, CA
Photographer
Croteau, Todd A., creator
Title
Wawona Tunnel Construction Details - Wawona Tunnel, Wawona Road through Turtleback Dome, Yosemite Village, Mariposa County, CA
Depicted place California; Mariposa County; Yosemite Village
Date 1991
date QS:P571,+1991-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Dimensions 24 x 36 in. (D size)
Current location
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Accession number
HAER CAL,22-YOSEM,26- (sheet 2 of 2)
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This file comes from the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS), Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) or Historic American Landscapes Survey (HALS). These are programs of the National Park Service established for the purpose of documenting historic places. Records consist of measured drawings, archival photographs, and written reports.

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  • part of Yosemite National Park Roads and Bridges Recording Project, 1991; see HAER No. CA-117 for overview
  • Significance: The longest vehicular tunnel in the western United States at the time of construction, the Wawona Tunnel is significant for minimizing the negative effects of road construction on the Yosemite landscape.
  • Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N93
  • Survey number: HAER CA-105
  • Building/structure dates: 1931- 1932 Initial Construction
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Tolen, Harry S; Roach, T M; Bureau of Public Roads; Hewes, L E; Sweetser, C H; Brown, Levant; Goerig and Dahlberg Incorporated; Mather, Stephen; Thomsen, Charles Goff; Albright, Horace; Kittredge, F A; Wosky, John B; United Concrete Pipe Corporation; Ashe, S H; J Herman Company; Mine Safety Appliances; A C Goerig Company; W B Baker and Company Incorporated; City Improvements Incorporated; Ickes, Harold; Standard Oil Company; Roosevelt, Franklin; Peninsula Paving Company; Preston, John; Finley, Michael, sponsor; Cann, Kevin, sponsor; Gingles, John, sponsor; Croteau, Todd, field team project manager; Quin, Richard H, transmitter; Christianson, Justine, transmitter
Source https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/ca1652.sheet.00002a
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Object location37° 44′ 43.01″ N, 119° 35′ 49.99″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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