Barretts Tunnels | |
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| Nearest city | Kirkwood, Missouri |
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| Coordinates | 38°34′11″N 90°27′53″W / 38.56972°N 90.46472°W |
| Area | 0.5 acres (0.20 ha) |
| Built | 1851 |
| Engineer | James P. Kirkwood |
| NRHP reference No. | 78003138[1] |
| Added to NRHP | December 8, 1978 |
The Barretts Tunnels are a pair of railroad tunnels in St. Louis County, Missouri, the first ones built west of the Mississippi River. They were built by the Pacific Railroad in 1853.[2]
The tunnels were added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1977.[3]
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "Barretts Tunnels, NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES INVENTORY - NOMINATION FORM, U.S. Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior" (PDF). Missouri Department of Natural Resources. 1977. Retrieved 2017-10-17.
- ^ "St. Louis County National Register Listings". Missouri Department of Natural Resources. Retrieved 2017-10-17.