Английская Википедия:Great Northern Tunnel

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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Infobox tunnel The Great Northern Tunnel is a Шаблон:Convert double-tracked railway tunnel under downtown Seattle, Washington, completed by the Great Northern Railway in 1905, and now owned by the BNSF Railway, on its Scenic Subdivision. At the time it was built, it was the tallest and widest tunnel in the United States, at Шаблон:Convert high and Шаблон:Convert wide.[1]

The southern portal is just north of King Street Station, and the northern in Victor Steinbrueck Park, between Virginia and Pine Streets. The Downtown Seattle Transit Tunnel passes four feet below the Great Northern Tunnel.[2]

A plaque that reads, "Great Northern Tunnel - Completed in 1905, this one mile long railroad tunnel provided access to the new passenger depot and the expanded freight yards south of King Street. The tunnel was built at the suggestion of city engineer R. H. Thomson to relieve growing street congestion in downtown Seattle."
A plaque commemorating the completion of the Great Northern Tunnel in 1905.

Freight and passenger trains use the tunnel, including Amtrak service to Chicago (the Empire Builder) and Vancouver, B.C. (Cascades), and Sound Transit's Seattle–Everett Sounder commuter rail service.

A more distant view of the South Portal of the Great Northern Tunnel
A more distant view of the South Portal of the tunnel

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