Name/Title
Clipping 'Big Ditch for New Tube', 1960Entry/Object ID
2021.34.5Description
Acc. No. 21.34.5
Subject Category: Transportation
Date or Period: 1960
Object: Newspaper clipping
Description: Clipping, from the Oakland Tribune of March 13, 1960, of a newspaper picture with added lines, text, and numbers, headlined: 'Big Ditch for New Tube', with clarifying caption. Photographer: Russ Reed.
Size: L 12" x W 7 1/2"
History of Object: Aerial photo taken from the Tribune Executive Aviation plane, with markings showing the line of the new Webster Street Tube, identifying 4 streets on the Oakland side, the Posey Tube portal as the outlet for Alameda, and showing the start of dredging operations on the Alameda side.
Acquired form: unknown
Catalog Date: 14 April, 2021