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The Detroit River Tunnel
That the building of some structure for the crossing of the Detroit River was not a new idea is evident from records showing that it was considered in 1867. Almost yearly since that date schemes have been presented for handling railroad traffic across this beautiful river without the use of the cumbersome car ferries. To describe only the practical plans, omitting the many fanciful structures offered by inventors who have taken out patents for methods of tunneling, of building submerged tubes and new styles of truss bridges, would be a task to appal the most ardent enthusiast after only a brief examination of the many drawings, descriptive and otherwise, and the numerous files and other archives on this subject. Among the many plans seriously considered, the most noteworthy are: The tunnel started in 1872, and afterward abandoned, by the Michigan Central Railroad and the Great Western Railway (now a part of the Grand Trunk system); a draw-bridge in 1873; a high bridge in 1879; the winter bridge in 1883; a high bridge again in 1896; a high bridge in 1904; and the present tunnel plan, developed since the summer of 1904.
The Detroit River Tunnel
That the building of some structure for the crossing of the Detroit River was not a new idea is evident from records showing that it was considered in 1867. Almost yearly since that date schemes have been presented for handling railroad traffic across this beautiful river without the use of the cumbersome car ferries. To describe only the practical plans, omitting the many fanciful structures offered by inventors who have taken out patents for methods of tunneling, of building submerged tubes and new styles of truss bridges, would be a task to appal the most ardent enthusiast after only a brief examination of the many drawings, descriptive and otherwise, and the numerous files and other archives on this subject. Among the many plans seriously considered, the most noteworthy are: The tunnel started in 1872, and afterward abandoned, by the Michigan Central Railroad and the Great Western Railway (now a part of the Grand Trunk system); a draw-bridge in 1873; a high bridge in 1879; the winter bridge in 1883; a high bridge again in 1896; a high bridge in 1904; and the present tunnel plan, developed since the summer of 1904.
The Detroit River Tunnel
Kinnear, Wilson Sherman (author)
Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers ; 74 ; 288-356
2021-01-01
691911-01-01 pages
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
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| ASCE | 2021
Engineering Index Backfile | 1911
Engineering Index Backfile | 1911
| Engineering Index Backfile | 1911
Engineering Index Backfile | 1911