File:CONSTRUCTION DETAIL WEST PORTAL SOUTHWEST CORNER. NOTE AIR RAID SHELTER SIGN. - Wawona Tunnel, Wawona Road Through Turtleback Dome, Yosemite Village, Mariposa County, CA HAER CAL,22-YOSEM,26-2.tif
Grogan, Brian C.
Related names:
- 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
CONSTRUCTION DETAIL WEST PORTAL SOUTHWEST CORNER. NOTE AIR RAID SHELTER SIGN. - Wawona Tunnel, Wawona Road through Turtleback Dome, Yosemite Village, Mariposa County, CA
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HAER CAL,22-YOSEM,26-2
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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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