As with the
Queen Street Subway (underpass) the Lansdowne Subway was another major construction project for the city to improve traffic flow.
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An early view of the completed subway circa 1915.
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Since then the approach has been re-aligned and the retaining walls replaced.
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Inside the recently completed subway January 1915.
Wet walls were a concern.
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Almost 100 years later and the walls are still wet.