A crown ring being installed for a section of the top support for the Flathead Tunnel. The work is being done nearly 40 feet in the air on the top level of the large jumbo. (Bruce Morse photo)
May 20, 2022
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Working between 1967 and 1968, Bruce Morse was a member of one of the three 20-man crews working around the clock on the tunnel’s south portal. Joining his father Herb, a diesel mechanic who had secured him the job, on the engine the pair made their first trip into the tunnel to work together.