Holland Tunnel Construction.
An album of approximately 120 photographs of the construction of the Holland Tunnel (originally the Hudson River Vehicular Tunnel) between Manhattan and Jersey City. The photographs depict the proposed plans, the river shaft, the power house, construction of concrete piles, construction of the ventilation building, officials, the entrance/exits of the tunnel, etc. Circa 1919-1927, each image approx 190mm x 235mm (landscape and portrait), majority numbered in the negative, linen-backed, verso of many leaves with photographer ink stamp: 'Denton Bastom Photographer, 87-28 162nd Street Jamaica, N.J.', leatherette covers.

Construction of the Holland Tunnel (named after its designer Clifford M. Holland (1883-1924)) took place between 1920 and 1927 and it was the first mechanically ventilated tunnel in the world. For a similar album, including some of the same images, see the New York Public Library Digitial Collections, catalog ID b15048916.