I remember being a small child in the 70's, driving through the Harbor Tunnel, the walls and ceiling were black and there were police that walked along the wall and had little boxes they would go in sometimes with window. I remember the pass through so the police could go from one side to the other.

During WWII my uncle was a deep sea diver in the navy's underwater demolition team..When he was discharged and returned home from the war he went into underwater construction...He was an underwater welder, burner and fitter working on the Baltimore Harbor Tunnel, Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnels and the Mc Henery Tunnel as well as both Chesapeake Bay Bridges...He also worked on many of the other bridge construction and bridge inspections in the DelMarVa area. I have a few photos of him as a diver on some of these projects and remember him telling me about the process of the construction on these projects...Thanks for making this 5 min memory.

@baltimoreheritage1006

2 ай бұрын

Thank you to your family for all you have done!

Not that we should ever doubt you... But this was far more interesting than expected! Thank you, again!

@baltimoreheritage1006

Жыл бұрын

Haha thank you!

My uncle worked on building the Harbor Tunnel! I remember driving through it the first week of its opening when I was only 6 or 7 years old! My Dad had a car full of kids and my uncle as we drove through it!😁😁

@baltimoreheritage1006

Жыл бұрын

What a fun memory!

Loved it! I find the Baltimore Tunnels quite fascinating. My favorite engineering feat of all time? Wheeling, West Virginia on the Ohio River. (Sorry. You did ask.)

@baltimoreheritage1006

Жыл бұрын

We'll have to look into that!

I was in drivers ed in 1990. The text book was from the 1950's and featured the "Newly opened Baltimore Harbor Tunnel". I always laughed at that. I also remember the ticket books and my father would always replenish his at the toll booths.

@1972Ray

Ай бұрын

I was one of the first people to use the EZpass. It was sent to me during testing.

Great info, I recall presentations and bus tours that were taken through the Fort McHenry tunnel. Information on these constructions is amazing. In my younger driving days, I really hated traveling the Harbor Tunnel.

Love these.

Omer comin'!

Thank you for these

Love your videos! I remember going through the Harbor Tunnel as a child and remember the traffic when there was an accident in there. Could you do a video on the history of the old Baltimore Mills (Windsor Mill, Milford Mill, Owings Mill, Painters Mill etc.)?

@baltimoreheritage1006

Жыл бұрын

We will add them to our list! Thank you for watching :)

That guy was a genius, wasn't he !!! ❤😊💎

Very interesting. Thanks for doing this.

@baltimoreheritage1006

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching, Mike!

When we were kids the joke was .. "Hey! Did you hear about the Harbor Tunnel? The whole thing was under water this morning!"

I remember the tunnel cops inside the tunnel waving the cars to speed up. Don't know when they stopped this practice.

@paullubell4325

Жыл бұрын

When the traffic got so heavy, the cars could not speed up

@paullubell4325

Жыл бұрын

Also, it was considered to be a health hazard from all the exhaust fumes.

The image in the video from the Hampton Roads area is Monitor-Merrimac Memorial Bridge-Tunnel on I-664 between the cities of Newport News and Suffolk. It is NOT the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel on US-13 between the city of Virginia Beach and Northampton County on Virginia's Eastern Shore.

@baltimoreheritage1006

Ай бұрын

Thanks for the correction!

I would like to see videoon the key bridge

@baltimoreheritage1006

Жыл бұрын

Thanks--we'll add it to our list!

👌🏻👍🏻🫡 thanks for your research and sharing it.

@baltimoreheritage1006

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@desivideshi8372

Жыл бұрын

@@baltimoreheritage1006 can I use the knowledge shared by you in my KZread short for this tunnel?

@baltimoreheritage1006

Жыл бұрын

@@desivideshi8372 Absolutely!

@desivideshi8372

Жыл бұрын

@@baltimoreheritage1006 thanks Sir