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The St. Clair Tunnel

Photo by Alan L Brown - Posted September, 2004

Photo from Google Street View ©2010 Google - Posted December, 2010

Photo by Alan L Brown - Posted September, 2004

Plaque Location

The County of Lambton
The City of Sarnia
On the north side of St. Andrew Street
between Christina Street South and Vidal Street South

Coordinates: N 42 57.461 W 82 24.614

Plaque Text

The first international submarine railway tunnel in North America was built here, 1889-9, by the Grand Trunk Railway Company of Canada. It connects Sarnia with Port Huron, Michigan. To compete with U.S. railways for the lucrative Chicago and mid-western freight and passenger traffic, the Grand Trunk required uninterrupted access to these areas. A ferry service across the St. Clair was considered unsatisfactory and a bridge impracticable. The tunnel and its approaches, over 3 km long and including 1837 m of iron tube, were built under the direction of Joseph Hobson. Electrification of the line through the tunnel was completed in 1908 and remained until the introduction of diesel trains.

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