Working in the Tunnel

These two photographs highlight the work crews that constructed the tunnel through Yerba Buena Island. The top photograph shows workers installing supports for the top arch of the tunnel. In the center of the bottom photograph, a worker places the last tile in the ceiling of the eastern entrance to the tunnel, while the rest of the work crew poses for the camera.

Identification Information: Dept. of Public Works, San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge Construction Photographs (F2516:1-93).
Top: Arch, 05/03/1935: Box 21 (C5230), photograph 5-1504.
Bottom: Placing the last tile, East Portal, 10/23/1936, Box 17 (C5230), photograph 13-22.