Adolph Sutro
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Adolph Heinrich Joseph Sutro was a German-American engineer, politician and philanthropist who served as the 24th mayor of San Francisco from 1895 until 1897. Born a German Jew, he moved to Virginia C
Portrait by Mathew Brady c. 1865–1880
Sutro, his brother, and cousins
Entrance to Sutro Tunnel
Adolph Sutro & Ladies of National Medical Convention inside the Sutro Baths, June 8, 1894
Sutro Tunnel
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The Sutro Tunnel is a drainage tunnel connected to the Comstock Lode in Northern Nevada. It begins at Dayton, Nevada, and connects 3.88 miles Northwest to the Savage mine in Virginia City, Nevada. The
Adolph Sutro
…selling cigars. He soon devised a concept for a tunnel to drain water from the mines and eliminate the threat of flooding. This concept became the Sutro Tunnel. In 1865 Sutro incorporated the Sutro Tunnel Company and was granted an exclusive charter to build the tunnel by the U.S. Congress in 1866. The project…
The entrance to the Sutro Tunnel in the late 1800s
Nevada Lawmakers visiting the Sutro Tunnel to see the work that the Friends of Sutro Tunnel have done to preserve and restore this significant part of Nevada's history.