There is a 22-foot-long, 200-ton steel monster under Manhattan. Dead, resting deep somewhere under Grand Central Station and Park Avenue, this machine and her twin brother excavated the massive tunnels that you can see here, one of the largest public transportation works of our time.
Here's an impressive new look at the amazing tunnels and caverns of the East Side Access, an extension of the Long Island Rail Road.
Together, the two massive earthworms and an army of machines and workers were able to eat 346,607 cubic yards (265,000 cubic meters) of New York's bedrock heart, producing 5.6 miles of tunnels and the massive caverns that will house the new station under Grand Central. A project so big that it prompted—unfounded—fears of a major collapse of some old city buildings, like St. Patrick's Cathedral.
The work—which started in 2006—has been so complicated that the entire project has been delayed. Instead of 2014, it will now be operational in 2019. The tunnels extend from Sunnyside, Queens, to Grand Central, routing 24 trains per hour at peak capacity. That's an amazing 162,000 passenger trips to and from Grand Central per day.
Tuesday, February 26, 2013
Amazing!
just catching up,
london did this about 100years ago - literally!
"Bungholes" for Hebes!
Wow
But the world is overpopulated... there is no room for anyone... there is no way we could build housing for all people... we lack resources ... the time it would take... rent must remain 50% of income!... we all must suffer so that the government can barely get by... there just isn't enough time money and resources to solve the world's real problems....
*brain explodes*
Should make an interesting tomb down the road