East Boston Tunnel

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historic structure subway tunnel underwater transit tunnel

The East Boston Tunnel is a historic underwater transit tunnel in Boston that originally carried streetcars and now forms part of the MBTA’s Blue Line subway connection between downtown Boston and East Boston.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
East Boston Tunnel canonical 3
Fort Point Channel Tunnel 2
East Boston tunnels 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historic structure ⓘ
subway tunnel ⓘ
underwater transit tunnel ⓘ
boroughServed Downtown Boston ⓘ
East Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ
surface form: East Boston
cityServed Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ
surface form: Boston
connects East Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ
surface form: East Boston

Downtown Boston ⓘ
surface form: downtown Boston
constructionStartDate 1900 ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
crossesUnder Boston Harbor ⓘ
currentRollingStockType heavy-rail rapid transit cars ⓘ
currentUse rapid transit tunnel ⓘ
subway tunnel ⓘ
electrification overhead catenary (original streetcar operation) ⓘ
third rail (rapid transit operation) ⓘ
endStation Maverick station ⓘ
gauge standard gauge ⓘ
hasFunction passenger transport ⓘ
public transportation ⓘ
hasStation Aquarium ⓘ
surface form: Aquarium station

Bowdoin station ⓘ
Government Center station ⓘ
Maverick station ⓘ
State station ⓘ
historicalSignificance one of the earliest underwater urban transit tunnels in the United States ⓘ
line Blue Line ⓘ
locatedInWaterBody Boston Harbor ⓘ
location Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ
openingDate 1904 ⓘ
openingDateToRapidTransit 1924 ⓘ
openingDateToStreetcars 1904 ⓘ
operator MBTA ⓘ
surface form: Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
originalRollingStockType streetcars ⓘ
originalUse streetcar tunnel ⓘ
owner MBTA ⓘ
surface form: Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
partOf Boston Harbor crossings ⓘ
MBTA Blue Line ⓘ
region New England ⓘ
servedBy Blue Line trains ⓘ
servedNeighborhood East Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ
surface form: East Boston

Downtown Boston ⓘ
surface form: Financial District, Boston

Government Center, Boston ⓘ
North End, Boston ⓘ
startStation Bowdoin station ⓘ
system MBTA ⓘ
surface form: MBTA subway
transportMode rail ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Blue Line → originalName → East Boston Tunnel ⓘ
subject surface form: Blue Line (MBTA)
Fort Point Channel → hasStructure → East Boston Tunnel ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fort Point Channel Tunnel
Big Dig → includesStructure → East Boston Tunnel ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fort Point Channel Tunnel
Boston Elevated Railway → operatedLine → East Boston Tunnel ⓘ
SL3 → usesInfrastructure → East Boston Tunnel ⓘ
this entity surface form: East Boston tunnels
Devonshire station → line → East Boston Tunnel ⓘ