Series 3: Documents, 1906 - 1988
Scope and Contents
The Eugene Casey Tunneling Collection comprises an extensive assortment of photographs and slides, publications, clippings, reports, engineering drawings, prints, and personal papers evidencing a comprehensive history of tunneling construction methods in North America and throughout the world. Notable items include hundreds of early subway construction photographs, original reports and documents regarding the construction of the Holland Tunnel, many of them signed by Holland himself, an early photograph of the “10-Car Train No. 3998,” Red Hook Interceptor Tunnel documents, and an original hand-drawn diagram of a “hospital lock.” Also noteworthy are two document boxes containing photographs of the construction of the Hudson & Manhattan Railroad Tube dating from 1912; these are believed to be the only photographs on the subject in existence, given that all other copies are assumed to have been destroyed in the Port Authority Archives at the World Trade Center.
Dates
- 1906 - 1988
Creator
- Casey, Eugene F. (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Access is granted at the archivists’ discretion.
Extent
10 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
English
Series Description
Series 3: Documents
Arranged by subject, and thereafter chronologically
- 3.1: Subways–General History, ca. 1910-1931
- 3.2: Subways and Tunneling–New York City, 1914-1988
- 3.3: Tunneling–Domestic Projects, 1927-1981
- 3.4: Tunneling–International, 1946-ca. 1970
- 3.5: Tunneling Methods, 1908-1980
- 3.6: Tunneling Projects, 1906-1980
- 3.6.1: Capital Project WP 101: Port Richmond Water Pollution Control, 1973-1980
- 3.6.2: Capital Project WP 152: Red Hook Interceptor Tunnel, 1970-1986
- 3.6.3: Hudson River Vehicular Tunnel (Holland Tunnel), 1919-1982
- 3.6.4: NYCTA Project No. TSC-622, Phase One, 1982
- 3.6.5: Subway Routes–Articles, Reports, Documents, ca. 1910-1950
- 3.6.6: Subway Routes–Sixth Avenue Line, Route 101, Section 12, 1942-1969
- 3.6.7: Subway Routes–63rd Street Tunnel, Route 131-A, Section 1, 1966-1974
- 3.6.8: Subway Routes–63rd Street Tunnel, Route 131-A, All Sections, 1964-1979
- 3.6.9: Miscellaneous Documents and Reference Materials, 1906-1990
- 3.6.10: Eugene F. Casey Personal Papers and Documents, 1970-1979
Repository Details
Part of the Archives and Reading Room Repository