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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;willieboyd2, post: 3862747, member: 4910&quot;]BART FANS UNITE!</p><p>BART is the San Francisco-Oakland area Bay Area Rapid Transit System.</p><p>BART built a tunnel under the San Francisco Bay for it&#039;s trains.</p><p>This medal commemorates the lowering of the last section of the tunnel or &quot;Tube&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.brianrxm.com/posts/post_bart_transbaytube.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>BART Trans Bay Tube Last Section Lowered 1969</p><p>Brass, 34 mm, 12.15 gm</p><p>Obverse:</p><p>Map of San Francisco Bay</p><p>WORLD&#039;S LONGEST UNDERWATER TRANSIT TUBE</p><p>KEY LINK IN THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA RAPID TRANSIT SYSTEM (BART)</p><p>SAN FRANCISCO OAKLAND / SAN FRANCISCO BAY</p><p>TRANS-BAY TUBE 5.6 MILES</p><p>Reverse:</p><p>Tube lowering barge seen from below</p><p>TRANS-BAY TUBE / LAST SECTION LOWERED</p><p>APRIL 3, 1969</p><p><br /></p><p>A film producer, George Lucas, was allowed to film scenes for a movie in the BART tunnel while it was under construction.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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