Re: Abandoned Utica Ave Upper Level (Pix Coming Soon) & 76th Street Saga (1130226) | |||
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Re: Abandoned Utica Ave Upper Level (Pix Coming Soon) & 76th Street Saga |
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Posted by tunnelrat on Sat Jan 7 11:10:43 2012, in response to Re: Abandoned Utica Ave Upper Level (Pix Coming Soon) & 76th Street Saga, posted by Handbrake on Fri Jan 6 22:40:39 2012. the cinder block wall was NOT put up to hold back water,it was put up to keep people out.as told to me by the cop that was in it,he entered thru a structure door [since removed]in one of the the walls.have you been at this location? facing the wall onthe left side is a tie UNDER the wall.you can see where the tie plates& spikes were removed.on the right side of the wall I tried digging under it.I got about 2 feet on the other side of the wall when for every shovel of dirt I removed,more came pouring in.I believe that for what ever reason ,the dirt pile was left in place on the r/s of the wall.I couldn`t dig under the l/S as ballast& the tie were in the way. |