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Re: [PHOTOS:] PITKIN AVE-- PROFF?? (Was - Re: Fulton Street Subway) |
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Posted by Ancient Mariner on Mon May 8 07:55:59 2023, in response to Re: [PHOTOS:] PITKIN AVE-- PROFF?? (Was - Re: Fulton Street Subway), posted by randyo on Mon May 8 02:22:21 2023. It's nothing if not ingenous to cite facts such as those below as evidence that the tunnel east of Euclid Avenue extends as far as 76th Street, or indeed one inch beyond the "temporary" wall at the tunnel's end."1. The end of the tunnel is not part of the side walls and ceiling. Rather it is a concrete curtain wall of a different color and apparent age from the side walls. "2. The bench walls on each side are cut with the internal ceramic ducts hanging out of the ends. No one would ever end a bench wall in such a manner. "3. The track and third rail end unevenly, the bumping blocks appearing to be added components. "4. Most significant, A4 track has signals that face the wall." If the completed work was done in anticipation of further extension, which was certainly the case, then this is EXACTLY what one would expect to find - jerry-build, inconsistent, and anomolous "finish work" that everyone hoped would soon be dismantled. 1. You don't build an end wall as an integral part of the tunnel connected to the side walls if it's going to be removed. You only need something to keep the unexcavated dirt from collapsing into the already-built portion, and in this case to keep water out as well. 2. There's no point in finishing everything up as if this were to be the end of the line. Just install whatever fits, with stuff hanging out and waiting for the later extension. 3. Same goes for the track - just end the rails where they end and install the temporary bumping blocks. 4. Signals too. Install everything that fits into the built section, even if it's beyond the point where it's of any value in the short run. I sincerely believe that everything anyone has managed to cite with respect to the work beyond Euclid Avenue is of this nature. Every bit if the mystery can be accounted for by remembering that future work was excpected. In that light, one sees exactly what one would expect. How else should it look under the circumstances? |
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