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Re: 76st what happened?

Posted by SMAZ on Fri Feb 4 13:18:52 2011, in response to Re: 76st what happened?, posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Fri Feb 4 11:32:50 2011.

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here are the most likely chronology of events surrounding tunnel construction in that area.

1. The BOT decides to build a Pitkin subway that extends to at least the Rockaway Line and eventually beyond.
2. BOT draws up plans for that.
3. BOT starts construction.
4. BOT gets as far as just past the big parking lot with construction and encounters expensive hydrological challenges past the dip that slows pace of construction.
5. Since construction stops due to the war, that segment never reaches 76th St. Dirt and other unfinished business remains in the tunnel.
6. After the war, BOT realizes that continuing on its original plans is too expensive and decides to link to the Liberty El only. Some of the unfinished tunnel used for storage and other operations till 1952.
7. Water and safety problems plague that tunnel segment. BOT decides to seal and abandon it. To protect the wall from water seepage, dirt is packed just beyond the wall.
8. The End.

No conspiracies. No nothing. This post of mine is the closest to explain what actually happened.

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