Album, photograph: 15 Holland (Hudson Vehicular) Tunnel documentation photos, 1924-1925. John C. McEnroe copy.

Photograph

Hoboken Historical Museum

cover with John C. McEnroe name; view open to first photo

Name/Title

Album, photograph: 15 Holland (Hudson Vehicular) Tunnel documentation photos, 1924-1925. John C. McEnroe copy.

Entry/Object ID

2012.017.0001

Description

Photograph album of fifteen Holland (Hudson Vehicular) Tunnel documentation photos, 1924-1925. Digital images only; large tiffs media archive; PDF on file; media disks. Original: three-ring binder, 9" high x 11-1/2" wide x 1-1/4" thick, black cloth. Personal copy of John C. McEnroe with gilt stamped name on front cover - see below for more about McEnroe. Laid-in: six other prints varying as to original or modern; all but one a duplicate print; separately catalogued as 2012.017.0100 to .0105. This album is from the personal papers of John C. McEnroe who was the Secretary of the New Jersey Interstate Bridge and Tunnel Commission. It was the New Jersey authority cooperating with a New York Commission for overseeing the project. He died on June 2, 1925. This album is typical as one that would have been issued to each commissioner for official use. McEnroe appears in one photo, see image no. 5548 below and photo 2012.017.0101. All prints were 7-3/8" high x 9-3/8" wide (orientation varying) plus 1-3/8" wide binder tab; linen mounted; trimmed borders; information directly typewritten on cloth except for three (nos. 7012, 7013, 7014) which have carbon onionskin tipped to linen. All prints except 8001 may also be found in albums available at New York Public Library Digital Gallery (where only the basic captions are transcribed.) Short list of photos and dates in image number order. See notes for the list with the full caption. They are not in date order. Image number typically appears in the image. 0514 5/15/24 2311 12/2/24 5355 9/19/24 5544 12/30/24 5548 2/10/25 ---- [Album owner John C. McEnroe is seen in this photo - front row, third from left; see photo 2012.017.0101 for another copy marked with his position.] 5549 2/10/25 6158 4/3/24 6169 4/21/24 7004 4/7/24 7012 11/6/24 7013 11/17/24 7014 11/28/24 8001 5/9/24 9079 7/16/24 9084 12/5/24

Acquisition

Accession

2012.017

Source or Donor

Quinn, Bridget

Acquisition Method

Gift

Credit Line

John. C. McEnroe Papers - Gift of the McEnroe Family.

Made/Created

Artist

n/a

Date made

1924 - 1925

Place

Location

Holland Tunnel/New York City

Notes

Date: 1924-1925

General Notes

Note

Notes: Museum does not hold the original album or prints; they remain in the family of John C. McEnroe. ------ Captions: 0514 5/15/24. 3.30 p.m. Concrete lining of the Tunnels showing Different Steps in Placing. Photograph of Drawing Half the Actual Size. Photograph of a drawing: of a tunnel cross-section, made one-half the actual size. The drawing shows the tunnel section marked with several colors, each color denoting a different step in the process of placing tunnel concrete. The drawing was set up on pier 35, west end. Booth & Flinn, Ltd., Contractor. The camera was faced north and was set up about 20 ft. south of the drawing. ---------- 2311 5 12/2/24 3.20 P.M. Contract No. 5 N. Y. Telephone Co. cables at Canal & Hudson St. New York View showing N.Y. Telephone Co. cables crossing tunnel at Canal & Hudson St. before relocation. Rodgers & Hagerty, Inc. contractors. Camera set up on timbers 6 ft. below street surface near north neat line at centre line Sta. 93 / 25 looking south-east. ----------- 5535 1 9/19/24 2.50 p.m. Contract No. 3. Concrete Roadway. Sidewalk and North Wall with Low Tension Ducts (Spring Sstreet) North Tunnel - West of Washington St., New York Portion of the Spring St. tunnel in New York, showing the sidewalk and portion of north wall with low tension ducts in position. Construction track on Roadway floor and roof rebolting and caulking platform. Booth & Flinn, Ltd., contractor. Camera set up on floor level of tunnel at Ring 28, looking west. ----------- 5544 1 12/30/24 3.30 p.m. Contract No. 3 Vitiated Air Duct. North Tunnel, west of Spring St. Shaft, New York. Booth & Flinn, Ltd., Contractor. Camera set at Ring No. 4, North Tunnel, just west of Spring St. land shaft, looking west. ----------- 5548 1 2/10/25 1.50 p.m. Contract No. 3 North Tunnel West of Spring St. Shaft, New York. Inspection Party. (View 1 of 2) Taken in north tunnel west of Spring St. shaft of Commissioners, Engineers and visitors making an inspection of the several samples of tile, samples of hand railing and the lighting effect thereon, placed for experimental purposes. Booth & Flinn, Ltd., Contractors. Camera on C.L. [center line] of tunnel about 40 ft. west of the Spring St. shaft (north tunnel) looking west. [Album owner John C. McEnroe is seen in this photo (front row, third from left; see photo 2012.017.0101 for another copy marked with his position.] ---------- 5549 2 2/10/25 2.30 p.m. Contract No. 3 North Tunnel West of Spring St. Shaft, Sample Tiling, Hand Railing and Lighting System View 2 of 2. Taken in north tunnel wast of Spring St. shaft, showing several samples of tiling, samples of hand railing and lighting system, placed for experimental purposes. Booth & Flinn, Ltd., Contractors. Camera on north side of tunnel about 40 ft. west of the Spring St. shaft, looking southwest. ----------- 6158 1 4/3/24 11.00 a.m. Flooded South Tunnel, New York View of south tunnel just east of safety screen which is at Ring 445, showing the water up to high level reached during flooding of tunnel on April 3, 1924. Photograph taken shortly after water had ceased flowing into tunnel. Booth & Flinn, Ltd. Contractors. Camera set up on a transit platform at Ring 425 and faced west; air pressure 28 lbs. ----------- 6159 1 4/21/24 7.35 a.m South Tunnel (after flooding of tunnel of April 3, 1924) New York View of south tunnel just east of safety screen which is at ring 445. Picture taken after the water was pumped out. (Taken from same position as Photo. No. 6158 which was taken of the flooded tunnel on Apr. 3, 1924). Booth & Flinn, Ltd., Contractors. Camera set up op transit platform at Ring 425 and facing west; air pressure 29 lbs. ------------ 7004 2 4/7/24 5.45 p.m. South Tunnel Heading Just East of Shield after Flooding of Tunnel of April 3, 1924, New York. Photograph showing the material which had flowed in the south tunnel just behind the shield during the flooding of the tunnel. The picture was taken after the water had been pumped from the tunnel. Booth & Flinn, Ltd. Contractors. Camera was set up on a low platform on the south side of the tunnel at Ring 542 facing west, air pressure 29 lbs. ----------- 7012 1 11/6/24 10.55 a.m. Contract No. 3 Holing Through North Tunnel Between New York and New Jersey Drift between New York and New Jersey shields at Sta. 64 /- 59. Tunnel Superintendent Harry Redwood of New York side shaking hands with Norman Redwood of New Jersey side. Booth & Flinn, Ltd. Contractors. Camera 8 ft. west of New York shield looking west. ----------- 7013 1 11/17/24 3.15 p.m. Contract No. 3 North Tunnel - New York and New Jersey Shields the Day Prior to their Junction Cutting edge and hood of New York shield (left) and hood of New Jersey shield (right), north tunnel, showing the "A" and "B" platforms and rock. Booth & Flinn, Ltd. Contractors. Photo taken the day before the junction between the two shields was made, looking south. ------------ 7014 1 11/28/24 8.45 a.m. Contract No. 3 North Tunnel - New York and New Jersey Shields - Upper Cutting Edges Meeting Upper portions of the cutting edges of the New Jersey and New York shields, north tunnel, as they met under the Hudson River at about Sta. 64 /- 50. Booth & Flinn, Ltd. Contractors. Camera set on "A" level of shield, looking south. ------------ 8001 1 5/9/24 11.30 a.m. Tightening Bolts in New Jersey North Tunnel East This photograph shows method used in tightening tunnel bolts. The bolts are 1-3/4" x 8-1/4" long. The wrench is 5 ft. long. Booth & Flinn, Ltd. Contractors. Camera set up on flying gantry behind shield at Ring #1120, North Tunnel East, looking north. ------------- 9079 2 7/16/24 3.00 p.m. Concrete Invert, North Tunnel East, New Jersey. View of concrete invert. Booth & Flinn, Ltd. Contractors. Camera set up at Ring No. 141, looking west. ------------ 9084 2 12/5/24 3.30 p.m. Contract No. 4 Cleaning, Caulking, Pointing and Making Iron Watertight Invert, South Tunnel East, N.J. View shows method of cleaning, caulking, and pointing iron rings in invert, Rings 395 to 405. Booth & Flinn, Ltd. Contractors. Camera set up on bottom iron, Ring 386, looking west. ---------- end of album Original or Copy: Digital copy Status: OK Status By: dw Status Date: 2012-04-05