Monday, April 26, 2010

The Posey Tube

The Posey Tube was opened to traffic in 1928, connecting the cities of Alameda and Oakland, California. The card shows two-way traffic and a somewhat alarming no-passing sign. The Posey Tunnel now only serves Oakland-bound traffic. Another parallel tunnel, the Webster Tunnel, carries Alameda-bound traffic.
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6 comments:

  1. Alan BurnettApril 26, 2010 at 6:44 AM

    The card is so typical of the age and the style. And what a fabulous name the Posey Tube is. Given just the title and no picture you could be trying to guess what it possibly could be for ages.

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  2. Tattered and LostApril 26, 2010 at 8:23 AM

    Oh what a great drawing of the Posey. Always loved the Posey. It used to be so very dark. Just went through it last year and I was so totally confused by how everything had changed when I came out the other side. Really nice pristine card.

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  3. AnonymousApril 26, 2010 at 12:35 PM

    That is some great artwork! what style! don't you just love illustration art!

    thanks for sharing the facts! ciao bella
    creative carmelina was here!

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  4. Paul CApril 27, 2010 at 5:15 AM

    Thoroughfare looks ultra modern. I like the neo classical style.

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  5. AnonymousApril 27, 2010 at 4:32 PM

    Looks like it is going under a big lawn rather than a part of the SF Bay... I assume they didn't precast that 4000+ foot long concrete tube in one piece, sort of unwieldy to move around that way!

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  6. Christine H.April 27, 2010 at 6:09 PM

    Yes, it does look like a lawn, which suggest that either there was a massive algae bloom or the poor postcard tinter ran out of blue.

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