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Contractors excavating for Metro Transit tunnel, Seattle, March 17, 1987
In this image construction workers from Frontier Foundations, Inc., a subcontractor for Atkinson/Dillingham Construction Co., drill the first hold for the first piling for the excavation of the Pioneer Square tunnel station at Third Avenue and Pine Street in downtown Seattle. Work on Metro Transit's $455 million, 1.3-mile-long bus tunnel began in 1987 amid concerns from local business owners that…
ID Number:2000.107.124.34.02
Date:1987
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Metro Transit tunnel construction at Third Ave. and Pike St., Seattle, February 9, 1988
In this image construction workers line a 20-foot diameter shaft being dug on Third Avenue at Pike Street. The shaft will eventually connect with Metro Transit's bus tunnels about 55 feet below Third Avenue, part of the Downtown Seattle Transit Tunnel. Also known as the Metro Bus Tunnel, the 1.3-mile-long public transit tunnel now runs underneath downtown Seattle. Constructed between…
ID Number:2000.107.124.34.03
Date:1988
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Two men walking in bus tunnel, Seattle, January 19, 1988
In this image, Seattle P.I. reporter James Wallace is accompanied through the bus tunnel by a Metro Transit inspector after the project was delayed because digging farther without stabilizing the soil could endanger building foundations. Most of the tunnel has a concrete structure; the wooden "whiskey barrel" structure at the right edge of the frame indicates a location where a…
ID Number:2000.107.124.34.04
Date:1988
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South entrance to Metro Transit bus tunnel, Seattle, August 5, 1989
In this image a Metro Transit inspector walks through the tunnel at the south entrance during construction. The Downtown Seattle Transit Tunnel (Metro Bus Tunnel) is a 1.3-mile-long public transit tunnel that runs underneath downtown Seattle. Constructed between 1987-1990, the $455 million tunnel originally built for buses was updated to include light rail access in 2009. Caption information derived from…
ID Number:2000.107.124.34.05
Date:1989
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Ceremonial reopening of Pine Street during transit tunnel construction, Seattle, November 1, 1987
In this image Seattle City Councilman George Benson (left), the "Mighty Mole," and Metro construction manager Valadimir Khazak cut a ribbon and remove traffic barricades on Pine Street and Eighth Avenue, which had been blocked for construction of the Metro tunnel. The Downtown Seattle Transit Tunnel (Metro Bus Tunnel) is a 1.3-mile-long public transit tunnel that runs underneath downtown Seattle.…
ID Number:2000.107.124.34.06
Date:1987
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Metro Transit inspector standing in bus tunnel under construction, Seattle, May 18, 1988
In this image Tom Plant, senior construction inspector for Metro Transit, stands at the portal of the West bus tunnel as it enters the underground Pioneer Square station. This view is looking north under 3rd Avenue. The Downtown Seattle Transit Tunnel (Metro Bus Tunnel) is a 1.3-mile-long public transit tunnel that runs underneath downtown Seattle. Constructed between 1987-1990, the $455…
ID Number:2000.107.124.35.01
Date:1988
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Crane placing beams for Metro tunnel station, Seattle, March 9, 1988
The Downtown Seattle Transit Tunnel (Metro Bus Tunnel) is a 1.3-mile-long public transit tunnel that runs underneath downtown Seattle. Constructed between 1987-1990, the $455 million tunnel originally built for buses was updated to include light rail access in 2009.In this image looking east on Pine Street from Fourth Avenue to Fifth Avenue, a large crane has begun placing concrete beams…
ID Number:2000.107.124.35.05
Date:1988
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Jim Lukehart investigating an electrical connection in bus tunnel, Seattle, December 12, 1988
The Downtown Seattle Transit Tunnel (Metro Bus Tunnel) is a 1.3-mile-long public transit tunnel that runs underneath downtown Seattle. Constructed between 1987-1990, the $455 million tunnel originally built for buses was updated in 2009 to include light rail access.In this image International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) organizer Jim Lukehart (center) stands with a worker in the Metro tunnel. The…
ID Number:2000.107.124.35.06
Date:1988
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Drill removing dirt during Metro Bus Tunnel construction, Seattle, April 30, 1987
The Downtown Seattle Transit Tunnel (Metro Bus Tunnel) is a 1.3-mile-long public transit tunnel that runs underneath downtown Seattle. Constructed between 1987-1990, the $455 million tunnel originally built for buses was updated to include light rail access in 2009.In this image Frontier Drilling worker Jim Boudreau watches as a huge drill removes dirt from a hole for a soldier pile…
ID Number:2000.107.124.36.01
Date:1987
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Tunnel construction along Pine Street, Seattle, July 22, 1987
The Downtown Seattle Transit Tunnel (Metro Bus Tunnel) is a 1.3-mile-long public transit tunnel that runs underneath downtown Seattle. Constructed between 1987-1990, the $455 million tunnel originally built for buses was updated in 2009 to include light rail access. In this image workers are standing above the 55-foot deep excavation along Pine Street. Pedestrians can be seen on the sidewalks…
ID Number:2000.107.124.36.02
Date:1987