Ventilation Shaft #1: (Satellite)
Ventilation Shaft #2: (Satellite)
East Portal Eastbound: (Satellite)
East Portal Westbound: (Satellite)
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| The History Girl posted, at Facebook resolution October 12, 1920, construction began on the Holland Tunnel. The tunnel is one of the earliest examples of a mechanically ventilated design with 84 fans in four ventilation buildings which create a floor to ceiling air flow across the roadway at regular intervals. The tunnel consists of a pair of tubes, each providing two lanes. The north tube is 8,558 feet long while the south tube is slightly shorter at 8,371 feet. The tunnel was named after chief engineer Clifford M. Holland, the first chief engineer on the Hudson River Vehicular Tunnel Project. He died from a heart attack at age 41 (before the tunnel was completed), attributed in part to the stress of working on the tunnel. |
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| Old New York City posted Holland Tunnel 1937 Jim Griffin: "Cars at state line in Lincoln Tunnel. (Photo by Al Willard/NY Daily News Archive via Getty Images). On December 22nd, 1937, the Lincoln Tunnel opened to the public for the first time." [No one else felt the photo was of the Lincoln Tunnel instead of the Holland Tunnel.] |
When I first wrote these notes, I could not find the east portal. But when I was studying the NYC St. John's Freight Terminal, a topo map showed me the location of the portal.
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| 1955/58 Jersey City Quad @ 24,000 |
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