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Clifford M. Holland and the Holland Tunnel

                       Holland, Clifford Milburn
 
                     Born:  March 13, 1883 in Somerset, Massachusetts
                     Death October 27, 1924
 
                     Engineer:  Holland Tunnel New York
 
dedication of the Holland Tunnel on November 12, 1927. (Photo by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.)
                   
 
Bibliography (you can find these articles in the Reference Department, Somerset Public Library)
 
 
Clifford Holland rememberedThe [Somerset] Spectator.  February 20, 1991. Page 29
 
Clifford M. Holland, great tunnel builder, was a Somerset boy The [Somerset] Spectator.  July 18, 1974.
 
Clifford Milburn Holland.  An article possibly from the Somerset Historical Society written sometime after 1975.
 
Gray, Carl C.  The Eighth Wonder.  Boston, MA: B.F. Sturtevant Co, c1927.
 
Holland Tunnel.  From Building Big: Databank: Holland Tunnel.  Accessed via http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/buildingbig/wonder/structure/holland.html.  (7/29/2003)
 
Holland Tunnel Designated a National Historic LandmarkFrom All Things Considered (NPR) June 29, 1994.  Accessed via http://elibrary.bigchalk.com.
 
Holland Tunnel Historic Overview.  Accessed via http://www.nycroads.com/crossings/holland.
 
Levine, Samantha. Tunnel VisionaryU.S. News and World Report June 30, 2003. Accessed via http://elibrary.bigchalk.com.
 
Malone, Dumas, ed. Dictionary of American Biography.  New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1961. 
 
Somerset Man’s Work: Tunnel 50 Years OldFall River Herald News.  November 1977.
 
 
 
Compiled by B.Mendes, Reference Librarian
September 2003, updated February 16, 2006