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Jan 1916
The Astor Tunnel Under the East River for Gas Distribution in New York City
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Volume 80, Issue 1
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The object of this paper is to describe m general the design and construction of a tunnel of large magnitude, but generally simple in character, and to treat more particularly certain difficulties due to physical conditions encountered and methods used in overcoming them. The work described consisted of sinking two shafts, 242 and 277 ft. deep, respectively, and driving a tunnel, 18 ft. on the vertical and 19 ft. on the horizontal axis, between these shafts, a distance of 4 662 ft., through rock under a river with a depth of water of 100 ft.
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Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers
Volume 80 • Issue 1 • January 1916
Pages: 594 - 674
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© 1916 American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Published online: Feb 10, 2021
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John Vipond Davies, M.ASCE
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