DescriptionBlack-and-white photo of excavation work in progress on Lincoln Tunnel third tube, Weehawken, Sept. 3, 1954. 7" x 9" high print. Photo by Wide World. Reverse has mimeographed caption attached; inkstamped date: Sep 8 1954. (From Chicago Tribune archives.) An elevated view east showing the new tube inside the ventilation shaft at the lower right. Note bridge across the railroad yards for removed earth in rail cars to empty into barges. Text on reverse: Wide World Photo Please Credit B-28886 NEW TUBE FOR TUNNEL A huge bucketful of dirt is hoisted away while Anthony De Biase, assistant resident engineer, looks down on the start of tunneling operations for a third tube of the Lincoln Tunnel under the Hudson River. The digging has begun at the base of the nearly-completed ventilation shaft on the New Jersey side. Weehawken's railroad yards and dock border the river, with the New York skyline in the background. Wide World Photo 4621-cz-9/3/54 f-nyt fs53 [end]