White House to Treasury Building tunnel

The White House to Treasury Building tunnel is a 761-foot (232 m) subterranean structure in Washington, D.C. that connects a sub-basement of the East Wing of the White House to the areaway which surrounds the United States Treasury Building. It was initially constructed in 1941 to allow the evacuation of the president from the White House to underground vaults inside the Treasury in an emergency.

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tunnel, White House Military Office, United States, 

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Location: 38.8975, -77.035, KML, Cluster Map, Maps,
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  Presidential Emergency Operations Center ⓘ
  multilevel bunker-like structures underneath the East Wing and North Lawn of the White House

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  First Street Tunnel ⓘ
  Rail tunnel in Washington, DC

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  White House to Treasury Building tunnel ⓘ
  Tunnel between the White House and the Treasury Building

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  Virginia Avenue Tunnel ⓘ
  railway tunnel in Washington, D.C., United States

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  Dalecarlia Tunnel ⓘ
  former railroad tunnel that carries the Capital Crescent Trail in Brookmont, Maryland

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1941 Presidential Emergency Operations Center

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1872 Virginia Avenue Tunnel

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1910 Dalecarlia Tunnel

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Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
organisation	government department	1910	United States Bureau of Mines	mining, government agency, mining safety	Wikidata
site	bunker	1941	Presidential Emergency Operations Center	underground infrastructure system, bunker	Wikidata
site	tunnel		First Street Tunnel	railway tunnel	Wikidata
site	tunnel		White House to Treasury Building tunnel	White House Military Office, tunnel	Wikidata
site	tunnel	1872	Virginia Avenue Tunnel	CSX Transportation, railway tunnel	Wikidata
site	tunnel	1910	Dalecarlia Tunnel	railway tunnel	Wikidata