Barretts Tunnels

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″N90°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

• 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

• Site and locator map
• Archive version of Site and locator map

Notes

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. Archived (PDF) from the original on February 25, 2017. Retrieved October 17, 2017.
3. "St. Louis County National Register Listings". Missouri Department of Natural Resources. Archived from the original on October 18, 2017. Retrieved October 17, 2017.