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Electrician working on tunnel under Pine Street, Seattle, August 20, 1987
Order an ImageThe Downtown Seattle Transit Tunnel (also 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, apprentice electrician Debe Carlton wires a duct bank of PVC pipe to reinforcing steel rebar before forms are attached and the three-foot-thick walls are poured in the Metro tunnel on Pike Street.
Caption information derived from captions written by Post-Intelligencer staff and attached to the back of the photograph.
Caption information derived from captions written by Post-Intelligencer staff and attached to the back of the photograph.
ID Number: 2000.107.124.36.04
Date: 1987
Creator(s):
Haller, Grant M., Photographer
Physical Description: 1 photographic print : b&w ; 8 x 9 in.
Additional Information: Digital copy of this item available thanks to funding from a 2016 Institute for Museum and Library Services grant.
Credit: MOHAI, Seattle Post-Intelligencer Collection, 2000.107.124.36.04, photo by Grant M. Haller
Copyright: All Rights Reserved