Tunnel Becomes Terminal
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Just
imagine--building a tunnel under the Bay for a transit system! Long-time
residents report that initially the idea was incredible. Would they
really be able to do it?
Of course, they did. BART now whisks passengers back and forth in the
tube between Oakland and San Francisco. You can see the soil that came
out of the tunnel under the Bay at the end of 7th St. The Port of
Oakland's 7th Street terminal was the last landfill project in the Bay
before
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creation
of the Bay Conservation and Development Commission (BCDC).
Deborah Cooper
Oakland Museum of California
"Walk Along the Water"
© Oakland Museum of California, used with permission.
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