| Building the Caldecott Tunnel Contributor(s): Solon, Mary (Author), McCosker, Mary (Author) |
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ISBN: 1467131814 ISBN-13: 9781467131810 Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
WE WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD! Click here for our low price guarantee Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: September 2014 Click for more in this series: Images of America (Arcadia Publishing) |
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| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - West (ak, Ca, Co, Hi, Id, Mt, Nv, Ut, Wy) - Photography | Subjects & Themes - Regional (see Also Travel - Pictorials) - Architecture | Buildings - Public, Commercial & Industrial |
| Dewey: 978 |
| Series: Images of America (Arcadia Publishing) |
| Physical Information: 0.4" H x 6.4" W x 9.1" L (0.70 lbs) 128 pages |
| Themes: - Locality - Oakland, California - Cultural Region - Northern California - Geographic Orientation - California - Cultural Region - Western U.S. - Cultural Region - West Coast |
| Features: Illustrated, Price on Product, Table of Contents |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Today, the Caldecott Tunnel connects Alameda and Contra Costa Counties, located in the San Francisco Bay Area. The original two bores of this tunnel opened in 1937, the same year as the San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge, and changed Contra Costa County from an area of small rural communities into one of growing suburbs. But this was not the first tunnel to connect these counties. The Kennedy Tunnel, opened in 1903, was accessed by steep and winding roads and located several hundred feet above today s tunnel. A third bore of the Caldecott Tunnel was opened in 1964 and a long-awaited fourth bore in late 2013. The tunnels have not been without disaster and tragedy over their hundred-plus years of existence, yet they remain an integral part of the commercial, social, and historic fabric of the region." |
Contributor Bio(s): Solon, Mary: - Mary Solon and Mary McCosker, coauthors of Arcadia Publishing s Images of America title Lafayette and members of the Lafayette Historical Society, have gathered photographs and information from local historical societies, transportation agencies, museums, personal interviews, and other historical sources to chronicle the history of this important regional transportation link. |
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