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Building the Detroit-Windsor Tunnel: Nine Steel Tubes Beneath the River 1928-1930
Season 7
Episode 27
Published 2 weeks, 3 days ago
Description
From 1928 to 1930, crews built a highway tunnel beneath the Detroit River using steel, concrete, dredging, and compressed-air excavation. One 500-ton tube nearly toppled when its timber supports failed.
The workers regrouped, lowered nine steel sections into a riverbed trench, joined them underwater and connected them to tunnel approaches on both shores. Hear how welders, tugboat crews, divers, and tunnel workers helped build the Detroit-Windsor Tunnel, which opened to traffic on Nov. 3, 1930.
The End of the Road in Michigan is a production of Thumbwind Publications
This episode includes AI-generated content.
The workers regrouped, lowered nine steel sections into a riverbed trench, joined them underwater and connected them to tunnel approaches on both shores. Hear how welders, tugboat crews, divers, and tunnel workers helped build the Detroit-Windsor Tunnel, which opened to traffic on Nov. 3, 1930.
The End of the Road in Michigan is a production of Thumbwind Publications
This episode includes AI-generated content.