Jones Falls Conduit - "Goliath Chamber"

Goliath Chamber

Built in 1914 and opened in 1915, the Jones Falls Conduit was constructed to divert the Jones Falls flow into downtown Baltimore. This was primarily done to mitigate the flooding that downtown Baltimore was experiencing at the turn of the century. When the tunnel was opened in 1915, the then Mayor of Baltimore, James Preston, had lunch with members from the American Society of Civil Engineers inside the completed tunnel.