The End in Sight
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- Source:
- The Valentine
- Collection:
- Richmond Times-Dispatch Photograph Collection
- Date:
- 11/13/1970
- Region:
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Richmond, Virginia
(inherited from source) - Description:
- Black and white photograph of destruction of the Overton Street Tunnel; Canada Construction Company tried to level the tunnel with a charge of seven cases of dynamite, but the 53-year-old structure still stood; ball and crane finally used; tunnel connected Seventh and Ninth Streets in downtown Richmond, Virginia; cleared to make room for the north abutment of the new Ninth Street Bridge across the James River. Inscription: Stamped __Black "Property of The Richmond Times-Dispatch" stamp; black "Nov 13 1970" stamp; black "Carl Lynn" stamp; red "Nov 14 1970" stamp __Verso Geographic Description: Richmond, Va. --Overton Street (Richmond, Va.) --7th Street (Richmond, Va.) --9th Street (Richmond, Va.)
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Georeference Details
- By:
- mhpob
- Date:
- Feb 8, 2026
- Total:
- 1 submission
- Confidence:
- Low
- Validations:
- 0
- Notes:
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Placing this on Overton Street, which is labeled as a tunnel in the 1952 Sanborn. It looks like Ethyl Corps in the background, so facing west.
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Feb 8, 2026 7:37 AM
37.534874, -77.440781
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Placing this on Overton Street, which is labeled as a tunnel in the 1952 Sanborn. It looks like Ethyl Corps in the background, so facing west.