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"8th Street Tunnel" 8th street tunnel
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1951
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1.
12th Street Bridge
September 11, 2026
Distant view, looking southwest, of north side of bridge; also shows 8th Street bridge leading into the 8th Street Tunnel.
2.
1951 Flood
1951
Aerial view of flood looking southwest to the West Bottoms from near West Terrace Park. Includes view of track going into the 8th Street Tunnel.
3.
1951 Flood
1951
Aerial view of flooded area in the West Bottoms looking northeast from near 9th and Wyoming; shows 8th Street Tunnel entrance and downtown Kansas City.
4.
8th Street
1919
Looking east along 8th from Washington. Shows 8th Street Tunnel entrance with streetcars.
5.
8th Street Tunnel
West entrance to 8th Street Tunnel.
6.
8th Street Tunnel
N.d.
View of 8th Street tunnel and the West Bluffs and Quality Hill area of Kansas City, Missouri. Entrance to the tunnel is in view as well as railroad cars under the bridge leading to the tunnel.
7.
8th Street Tunnel
2005
View of ceiling and walls of 8th Street Tunnel, shows brickwork.
8.
8th Street Tunnel
2005
View of interior of 8th Street Tunnel, showing end (where upper tunnel intersects lower tunnel). Persons in photograph include Ray Elder and Thomas Duenez, leaders of the tour.
9.
8th Street Tunnel
2005
View of interior of 8th Street Tunnel, looking west.
10.
8th Street Tunnel
11.
8th Street Tunnel, Wholesale District
2 postcard views of the 8th Street Tunnel and Wholesale District
12.
Aerial View of Downtown and West Bottoms Kansas City
Aerial view of downtown Kansas City, Missouri, with 8th Street tunnel's west portal in left foreground, Quality Hill, West Bluffs, portion of the West Bottoms, and I-70 to the left and the 12th Street...
13.
Aerial View of Downtown Kansas City
1958-10-14
Aerial view of downtown Kansas City, Missouri, with 8th Street tunnel's west portal in left foreground, Quality Hill, West Bluffs, and I-70 to the left.
14.
Broadway & 8th Street
Postcard view of Broadway & 8th Street
15.
Change in Tram Plan: New Downtown Traffic Center Setup Effective Tomorrow
April/28/1956
Article about changes and closings in some street railway routes, but unverified as to the above tidbit, from the local history index card.
16.
Cowden Manufacturing Company
Full frontal and side view; located at 412 W. 8th. Also shows eastern entrance to 8th Street tunnel.
17.
Cowden Manufacturing Company
Full frontal and side view. Also shows eastern entrance to 8th Street tunnel.
18.
Dee-Po Stone Raises Ghost of Day When Inconvenience Was Picturesque
April/16/1945
History of Union Depot from 1877 to 1915, on "bawdy" Union Avenue, "reached via the famous 'cattle chute' by way of the Eighth Street Tunnel and exciting Ninth Street Incline."
19.
Eighth Street
circa 1930s
Oil on canvas painting (23.5 in. x 27.25 in.) of Eighth Street in Kansas City, Missouri, showing entrance to tunnel. Stamped on the back of the wooden stretcher frame in several places as well as back...
20.
General Plan and Profile of Proposed Eighth Street Tunnel
1903
Map of proposed 8th Street Tunnel providing both above ground and underground depictions.
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