Barretts Tunnels

United States historic place

Barretts Tunnels

U.S. National Register of Historic Places

U.S. Historic district

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Nearest city| Kirkwood, Missouri
Coordinates| 38°34′11″N 90°27′53″W﻿ / ﻿38.56972°N 90.46472°W﻿ / 38.56972; -90.46472
Area| 0.5 acres (0.20 ha)
Built| 1851 (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]

## See also

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* National Register of Historic Places listings in St. Louis County, Missouri
* List of bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Missouri

## External links

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* Site and locator map
* Archive version of Site and locator map

## Notes

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1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. ^ "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.
3. ^ "St. Louis County National Register Listings". Missouri Department of Natural Resources. Retrieved 2017-10-17.

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