Inside view of Detroit-Windsor Tunnel, no vehicles visible. Tiled walls; walkway along road. Printed on front: "4. Detroit-Windsor tunnel. 1A1172." Printed on back: "The Detroit-Windsor tunnel is 5,135 feet in length and cost $25,000,000. It required 2 1/2 years to complete same. The top of the tunnel is 45 feet and the roadway 75 feet underwater. It required 80,000 cubic feet of concrete, 11,000 tons of structural and 750 tons of reenforcing steel. 20,000 granite blocks were used in building the roadway. Capacity is 2000 cars per hour. C.T. American Art Colored. C.T. Co., Chicago."
Burton Historical Collection, Detroit Public Library
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Abandoned Tori Gate found in Japanese Tunnel
Such gates are used to mark the entrance to sacred grounds or gods' territories. "The tori gate symbolizes the division between the sacred and the profane, and is considered a spiritual gateway between the physical world and the spiritual realm."
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Tunnel entrance, Maoroshi, Niigata prefecture
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Pleaching laburnum and wisteria. Laburnum trained over a metal frame gives the effect of a golden tunnel. Wisteria is interspersed to create a similar, purplish effect a little later.
The Garden Book, 1984
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Tunnel Log, Sequoia National Park
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