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The Bride Who Crawled Through a Tunnel

shetterly — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 13:19:25 -0800

"Gaza Love Story: The Bride Who Crawled Through a Tunnel" "He lived in the Gaza Strip, she in the West Bank. It seemed as though the Israeli blockade would prevent their marriage. Then May risked her life to crawl through a smugglers' tunnel into Gaza and join Mohammed. Now they face an uncertain future together."

"Wall up a dozen lawyers at one end and put a good fee at the other."

billypilgrim — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 21:21:18 -0800

Into the black. At nearly five miles, it's the longest transportation tunnel east of the Rockies. Built in 1874, its construction took 200 lives, nearly bankrupted the state of Massachusetts, and served as a crucible for modern engineering. Journey into the Hoosac Tunnel, urban exploration destination and the most haunted place in New England.

For Sale: Underground Secret Lair

vacapinta — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 03:51:31 -0800

In the 1940's the British Government set about creating eight deep level shelters underneath central London. Now, one of them is up for sale (Photos)

Telectroscope

Phanx — Fri, 16 May 2008 14:29:58 -0800

A transatlantic tunnel, hurrah!

Tunnel town - Whittier, Alaska

Rafaelloello — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 19:06:33 -0800

Imagine living in a town, total population 182, further imagine that you and just about all of your neighbors live in just one building. How about if your town recieved no direct sunlight from November to February every year? That town, would of course be Whittier, Alaska. Set up as an additional warm water port on northern US soil after the Japanese invasion of the Aleutian Islands during WWII. Even though most of the residents live together in one building, it's not even the biggest building in town. That of course would be the Buckner building, once the largest building in Alaska. Though Whittier is only 60 miles from Anchorage and over half a century old, there was no access by automobile until 2000. Now you can easily drive to Whittier...so long as you know the particular times of the day when the 2+ mile single track train tunnel is open to auto traffic

Building mighty dreams

infini — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 05:44:19 -0800

Today is the 202nd birthday of Isambard Kingdom Brunel, one of the world's greatest engineers and a personal hero. I gaped at the Clifton Suspension Bridge in Bristol when the shock of recognition dawned on my jetlagged brain. This was the man that laid the foundation for Britain's global economic might, built the first underwater tunnel, Paddington Station and inspired engineers everywhere. His legacy lives on in his works, a university, a museum or two among others.

The subterraneous 5th Duke of Portland

tellurian — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 16:59:47 -0800

A Brief Biography of William John Cavendish-Bentinck-Scott, 5th Duke of Portland (1800-1879) - keen horseman and 'peculiar to many - but certainly not mad' owner of Welbeck Abbey.

Tunnels of Love

blahblahblah — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 08:16:20 -0800

Massive tunnels for peace. Russia is considering building a tunnel under the Bering Strait that would include pipelines, high-speed rails, and a highway, though earlier plans have not gotten far, at least for the last ten millennia. Another large tunnel project under consideration that hopes to encourage mutual understanding is the Red-Dead Canal, which would irrigate the deserts of Jordan and Israel, generate electricity, and refill the Dead Sea using water flowing from the Red Sea to the lowest point on Earth.

The burrito tunnel.

danb — Sat, 07 Apr 2007 11:28:53 -0800

"As the 30th anniversary of the Alameda-Weehawken burrito tunnel approaches, it’s worth taking a look at the remarkable sequence of events that takes place between the time we click 'deliver' on the burrito.nyc.us.gov website and the moment that our hot El Farolito burrito arrives in the lunchroom with its satisfying pneumatic hiss."

Adios, Good-Latimer Tunnel

Ufez Jones — Mon, 29 Jan 2007 23:46:33 -0800

Dallas is just a little less funky now. warning: Poorly edited YouTube, but pertinent - bear with me. Not a surprise, but one of Dallas's greatest landmarks is no longer. Fortunately, plenty of people have documented the beautiful art that is no longer.

New York City Water Tunnel No. 3

TheOnlyCoolTim — Sat, 29 Jul 2006 18:51:47 -0800

New York City Water Tunnel No. 3 has been under construction since 1970 and completion is expected in 2020. (Be sure to click the sidebars.) City Water Tunnels Nos. 1 and 2 have been operating continuously since 1917 and 1936, and currently cannot be shut down for repair without disrupting the city's water supply. Popular Mechanics and BLDBLOG have articles, Newsday has photos, and 60 Minutes has an article with video. Local paper The Villager covers the construction of one of the many shafts that connect to the tunnel. It has inspired a one-woman show. The Sandhog Project covers the workers, called "Sandhogs," with photos, sound, and video. Over twenty sandhogs died building the tunnel.

Spelunking for Danger!

jonson — Fri, 10 Feb 2006 10:16:09 -0800

I never thought a string of videos of car accidents taken from automatic tunnel cameras in metropolitan tunnels would make for compelling viewing. But it turns out you learn something new every day. warning - embedded video on page contains horrible dance music

AK's got a real cool tunnel.

breezeway — Tue, 05 Apr 2005 09:28:03 -0800

The U.S. Army Permafrost Tunnel provides researchers a unique opportunity to study the composition and behavior of ice structures, ice-saturated soils and frozen bioorganics dating over 40,000 years before present.

a long line

mudpuppie — Tue, 11 Jan 2005 17:37:02 -0800

Some stories are longer than others. In the early 1900s, Burro Schmidt spent 32 years (or 38, depending on your source) digging a 1/2-mile tunnel through a Mojave mountain. Why? Because it was easier than hauling his gold and his burros down the back road. "Solely, he labored long days.... The tunnel was solid granite, which needed no shoring, except at the entrance to the tunnel. Being at 4200 foot elevation there was a shortage of oxygen, making his labor even more difficult. He was trapped many times by falling rock and injured as many times." (But the story doesn't end with him. More >> )

Tunnel Under Stonehenge?

Slagman — Sun, 21 Mar 2004 14:34:51 -0800

Archaeologists are denouncing plans for a tunnel under Stonehenge. It's not the idea of the tunnel itself that is drawing fire, so much as the execution. The govt seems to be doing it on the cheap, in a way that won't solve the problem of the modern world intruding on the prehistoric megalith.

Hole through the earth

batboy — Wed, 23 Apr 2003 06:00:02 -0800

Have you ever wondered... Just how long would it take to travel through a theoretical hole to the other side of the earth? Apparently 42 minutes.

Secret Cities

Snyder — Tue, 04 Mar 2003 09:56:32 -0800

Hints of a secret city beneath Tokyo Japanese foreign correspondent Shun Akiba says that after examining various maps of Tokyo, and finding large inconsistences, he has found evidence of a huge network of tunnels beneath the city of Tokyo. A large underground city beneath an aboveground one is not unheard of, as Beijing has this one, but the odd part is, (assuming this story is true,) is that Shun says there has been a coverup and a "...conspiracy to silence [me]," with officials being "...defensive and noncooperative..."

brownpau — Mon, 03 Sep 2001 22:53:25 -0800

Tired of fighting that suicidal urge to jump the fences into the roiling waters of the Golden Gate whenever you drive across The Bridge?

Well, now you have a choice! Amidst practically no fanfare, the Golden Gate Tunnel has opened, featuring the best in subaquatic transportainment™, and all the donuts you can eat! Remember, folks, Those who know, go below.

Gosh, I haven't been to SF for almost a decade. Things sure have changed. ;)

bkdelong — Tue, 02 Jan 2001 05:54:57 -0800

Going on vacation? Why not drive to Russia? This gives new meaning to "closer ties with Russia."