Free Expression Tunnel fire
NC State University Free Expression Tunnel (Raleigh, N.C.)
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Item information
- Title:
- Free Expression Tunnel fire
- Topics:
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Campus and Town
- Subjects:
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Students
Universities and colleges
- Original Format:
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Digital photograph
- Item identifier:
- funk_tunnelFire1
- Photographer:
- Funkhouser, Edward T. more info on Funkhouser, Edward T. (Edward Truman), 1946-
- Created Date:
- Description:
- Early on the morning of April 7, 2006, a NC State student used concrete cleaner and a cigarette lighter to start a fire in the Free Expression Tunnel. The fire caused little damage to the tunnel itself, but delayed trains that normally run on the tracks over the tunnel. The fire burned for less than an hour. The student was arrested the following day. The Free Expression Tunnel first opened in 1939 as a pedestrian tunnel under the railroad tracks connecting North Campus to Central Campus. In the 1960s, the University promoted it as a place for students to graffiti without interference in an effort to cut down on illegal graffiti around campus. The tunnel was renovated in 2005, after several problems with flooding. It continues to serve as a place for NC State students to express themselves freely today.
- Genre:
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Architectural photographs
- Names:
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North Carolina State University
more info on North Carolina State University
- Location:
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Raleigh (N.C.)
- Digital Project:
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Funkhouser Photographs
Source information
- Repository:
- Special Collections Research Center at NCSU Libraries
- Collection:
- Edward T. Funkhouser Photographs, 2001-2016 (MC00336) held by Special Collections Research Center at NCSU Libraries
- Note field:
- Not all materials from the physical collection may have been scanned. Images may have been enhanced for web access.
- Rights:
- For questions about copyright and permissions, please refer to our Reproduction, Use, Citation, and Copyright page (http://d.lib.ncsu.edu/collections/about).
- RightsStatements.org:
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In Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Permitted
For more information:
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-NC/1.0
Building: North Carolina State University, Free Expression Tunnel (Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina)
- Street:
- Yarbrough Dr
- Community:
- NC State University
- State:
- NC
- Zip:
- 27607
- Location:
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Raleigh (N.C.)
- Subjects:
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Graffiti
Railroad tracks
State universities and colleges -- North Carolina
Tunnels
Universities and colleges
- Latitude, Longitude:
- 35.785599, -78.6717
- External Resources:
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Free Expression Tunnel Opening
