DescriptionBlack-and-white group photo of 10 sandhogs [tunnelers] who escaped Lincoln Tunnel flooding during construction on New York side, January 25, 1956. 7-1/2" x 9-1/2" wide print; irregularly trimmed two edges. Photo by Associated Press (reverse markings.) Integral caption at right. Reverse has subject file note; previous owner's barcode label. The work was on the third and last tunnel. None of the ten workers are identified. Caption as found at right: (NY18) NEW YORK, Jan.25 - GLAD TO BE TOPSIDE - Sandhogs, some of whom had to swim through rising water, gather above ground on the New York side of the Lincoln Tunnel's new third tube after a bulwark leak flooded a 100-foot section of the tunnel.The water temporarily halted progress on the hundred million dollar addition to the heavily-traveled New York - New Jersey vehicular passage under the Hudson River. (APWirephoto) (See Story)( jdc41245stf) 1956