[PRCo] Re: 1724 interior photos

[Derrick J Brashear]

On Mon, 28 May 2001, Bob Rathke wrote:

>      What's unusual about this scene is the appearance of ONE of the
> tunnels visible along the back wall. The
>      tunnel to the right is the old PRR railroad tunnel that is now used
> by the PAT subway. The tunnel to the
>      left, above the yellow power shovel, is an older canal tunnel that
> was UNDER the railroad tunnel. For a
>      very short time in 1968, the canal tunnel was daylighted and
> visible.

It was daylighted again during subway construction and was partly visible
out a window from the entrance to Steel Plaza station after it's
completion, if I recall my high school years.