[PRCo] PRCo Deadly Streets

[Herb Brannon]

This realty company advertisement from 1924 is interesting. It shows scores
of people walking through the Liberty Tunnels using four sidewalks. In the
late 1920s, early 1930s auto traffic had to be restricted by limiting the
number of vehicles in the tunnels at any given time. This was done because
many drivers were actually becoming Carbon Monoxide victims during peak
traffic periods when traffic would be standing in the tunnels. This also
brought about the installation of a ventilation system to keep the air
somewhat clean inside the tubes. I could imagine that the majority of those
pedestrians, walking through the tubes in the advertisement, would never
make out the other end do to Carbon Monoxide gas.


On Thu, Sep 5, 2013 at 10:42 AM, Fred Schneider <fwschneider at comcast.net>wrote:

> And I walked through the much shorter Armstrong Tunnel from the 10th St.
> Bridge.   We were both nutz as kidz.
>
>
>
> On Sep 5, 2013, at 8:48 AM, BobDietrich wrote:
>
> > The south portal of the Liberty Tubes was rated so deadly because it was
> so
> > detrimental to the health of the guys who had to work there.  Can you
> > imagine breathing the exhaust of all those cars all day on top of the
> normal
> > city pollution.
> >
> > This reminds me of a stunt I pulled that I'll bet none of you were dumb
> > enough to do - I rode my bike through the Tubes one day.  We'll I think I
> > walked it most of the way.  It was back when they still had a sidewalk
> about
> > three feet above the roadway so I was not in the traffic.  It still
> scared
> > the crap out of me.
> >
> > Bob
> >
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> > Any to add?
> >
> >
> http://www.brooklineconnection.com/history/Facts/Roads1930/DeadlyRoads.html
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> >
> >
> > Ray
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