smokum Posted May 14, 2007 Posted May 14, 2007 » » Somebody is in trouble! » » Chicago has subterranean freight tunnels dating back to the late 1800's » that were use to transport coal and other items thruout Chicago's » Loop.Local folks will remember in the early 90's when a hapless worker » sent a pylon thru one of the tunnel walls adjacent to the Chicago river » and guess what...OOOPS...a real disaster. Chicago Fire Dept asked for » anyone with a large pump to come and help out. I showed up with a couple » other folks with our 10" diesel powered pump which pumped 10,000 gallons » per minute If I remember correctly...they turned us away..it was too damn » big for them to use....we couldn't get the suction line down far enough » below street level to run it. Interesting disaster. » » http://www.chipublib.org/004chicago/disast...nnel_flood.html http://users.ameritech.net/chicagotunnel/tunnel1.html
El Presidente Posted November 15, 2008 Author Posted November 15, 2008 When you think your day couldn't get any worse.........
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