Road entering a concrete tunnel through granite cliffs – Historic Reproduction
(Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
Description
This rare historic image captures Road entering a concrete tunnel through granite cliffs in remarkable detail. Drawn from the Snapshots of the Past archive, it is an authentic piece of documented history.
The framed print arrives ready to hang; the unframed option suits custom framing. A conversation-starting piece for home, office, or as a meaningful gift. Free shipping in the lower 48 states. Since 2001, Snapshots of the Past has shipped historic prints to tens of thousands of customers around the world.
Road entering a concrete tunnel through granite cliffs
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Few roads in Yosemite pass through the rock the way this one does, with the pavement vanishing into a concrete portal cut straight into granite. Tunnels like this were blasted and bored during the park's road-building era of the 1920s and 1930s, when engineers worked to bring automobile traffic into a valley that had long been reached mostly by stagecoach and on horseback. The concrete framing and the sheer cliffs above show how crews adapted their work to hard, steep rock. The scene marks an early stage in Yosemite's shift from a remote wilderness destination to a park that visitors could reach by car.
| Original scan | 4,134 × 5,208 px · prints to 14 × 17 in at 300 dpi |
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| Reference | 218131cu |
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