Talk:St. Clair Tunnel
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[edit] Claims in article
"The St. Clair River tunnel was the first railway tunnel in the world to pass beneath a river." Was it? How about Severn Tunnel, England-Wales, opened 1885-86; 4 miles 624 yds long? How about Mersey Railway tunnel, opened in Liverpool in 1886?
- Apparently there was an overstated claim in the article before. As the NRHP text PDF document written in 1993 explains, and the article now states, it was the first full-size subaqueous tunnel built in North America. By full-size it is meant that it could carry railway trains. doncram (talk) 14:30, 2 May 2008 (UTC)
Is this the same as the Detroit-Windsor Tunnel?
This is not the first railway tunnel to pass under a river, the brunel tunnel in London passes under the Thames: "Originally designed for horse-drawn traffic, it opened in 1843 for pedestrians, became a railway tunnel in 1869 and now carries the East London Line."
- Is the "brunel tunnel" the City & South London Railway tunnel in England, described in the NRHP text? That was comparable. That was a 10' diameter tunnel, one half that of the St. Clair. doncram (talk) 14:30, 2 May 2008 (UTC)
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