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Viewing Album:  Narrows Siphon Tunnel
 
By:John McCluskey
Dates:7/30/2014 - 7/30/2014
Album Info:Building of a new tunnel for conveying drinking water from Brooklyn to Staten Island under the Verazanno Narrows. Utilizes narrow gauge railway to help in construction.
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View inside the tunnel
Title:  View inside the tunnel
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/30/2014  Upload Date: 8/2/2014 3:11:48 PM
Location:  Staten Island, NY
Author:  John McCluskey
Categories:  Tunnel
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Views:  61   Comments: 0
View from the man-trip car
Title:  View from the man-trip car
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/30/2014  Upload Date: 8/2/2014 3:11:51 PM
Location:  Staten Island, NY
Author:  John McCluskey
Categories:  Tunnel
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Views:  70   Comments: 0
Tunnel lining segments await installation
Title:  Tunnel lining segments await installation
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/30/2014  Upload Date: 8/2/2014 3:11:55 PM
Location:  Staten Island, NY
Author:  John McCluskey
Categories:  Tunnel
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Views:  52   Comments: 0
Schoma CSL-60G diesel hydraulic slave unit.
Title:  Schoma CSL-60G diesel hydraulic slave unit.
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/30/2014  Upload Date: 8/2/2014 3:12:01 PM
Location:  Staten Island, NY
Author:  John McCluskey
Categories:  Tunnel
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Views:  71   Comments: 0
Schoma CHL-60G diesel hydraulic.
Title:  Schoma CHL-60G diesel hydraulic.
Description:  Two foot gauge
Photo Date:  7/30/2014  Upload Date: 8/2/2014 3:12:04 PM
Location:  Staten Island, NY
Author:  John McCluskey
Categories:  Tunnel
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Views:  817   Comments: 1
Tunnel muck dump
Title:  Tunnel muck dump
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/30/2014  Upload Date: 8/2/2014 3:12:11 PM
Location:  Staten Island, NY
Author:  John McCluskey
Categories:  Tunnel
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Views:  70   Comments: 0
Grout plant
Title:  Grout plant
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/30/2014  Upload Date: 8/2/2014 3:12:15 PM
Location:  Staten Island, NY
Author:  John McCluskey
Categories:  Tunnel
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Views:  66   Comments: 0
Loading supplies for the next trip to the heading
Title:  Loading supplies for the next trip to the heading
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/30/2014  Upload Date: 8/2/2014 3:12:22 PM
Location:  Staten Island, NY
Author:  John McCluskey
Categories:  Tunnel
Locomotives: 
Views:  55   Comments: 0
Schoma CHL-60G & CSL-60G pair
Title:  Schoma CHL-60G & CSL-60G pair
Description:  Diesel Hydraulic 2' gauge
Photo Date:  7/30/2014  Upload Date: 8/2/2014 3:12:29 PM
Location:  Staten Island, NY
Author:  John McCluskey
Categories:  Tunnel
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Views:  248   Comments: 0
Bottom of the bellout
Title:  Bottom of the bellout
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/30/2014  Upload Date: 8/2/2014 3:12:33 PM
Location:  Staten Island, NY
Author:  John McCluskey
Categories:  Tunnel
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Views:  51   Comments: 0
Top of the launch box
Title:  Top of the launch box
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/30/2014  Upload Date: 8/2/2014 3:12:37 PM
Location:  Staten Island, NY
Author:  John McCluskey
Categories:  Tunnel
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Views:  44   Comments: 0
Crane booms
Title:  Crane booms
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/30/2014  Upload Date: 8/2/2014 3:12:46 PM
Location:  Staten Island, NY
Author:  John McCluskey
Categories:  Tunnel
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Views:  48   Comments: 0
Mulhauser muck car dump body
Title:  Mulhauser muck car dump body
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/30/2014  Upload Date: 8/2/2014 3:12:50 PM
Location:  Staten Island, NY
Author:  John McCluskey
Categories:  Tunnel
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Views:  217   Comments: 0
Mulhauser grout agitator body
Title:  Mulhauser grout agitator body
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/30/2014  Upload Date: 8/2/2014 3:12:53 PM
Location:  Staten Island, NY
Author:  John McCluskey
Categories:  Tunnel
Locomotives: 
Views:  50   Comments: 0
Schoma CHL-60G diesel hydraulic.
Title:  Schoma CHL-60G diesel hydraulic.
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/30/2014  Upload Date: 8/2/2014 3:12:56 PM
Location:  Staten Island, NY
Author:  John McCluskey
Categories:  Tunnel
Locomotives: 
Views:  60   Comments: 0
Schoma CHL-60G diesel hydraulic.
Title:  Schoma CHL-60G diesel hydraulic.
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/30/2014  Upload Date: 8/2/2014 3:12:59 PM
Location:  Staten Island, NY
Author:  John McCluskey
Categories:  Tunnel
Locomotives: 
Views:  59   Comments: 0
Schoma CHL-60G diesel hydraulic.
Title:  Schoma CHL-60G diesel hydraulic.
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/30/2014  Upload Date: 8/2/2014 3:13:02 PM
Location:  Staten Island, NY
Author:  John McCluskey
Categories:  Tunnel
Locomotives: 
Views:  61   Comments: 0
Schoma CHL-60G & CSL-60G pair
Title:  Schoma CHL-60G & CSL-60G pair
Description:  Motor weighs about 12 Tons, Slave around 8 Tons
Photo Date:  7/30/2014  Upload Date: 8/2/2014 3:13:06 PM
Location:  Staten Island, NY
Author:  John McCluskey
Categories:  Tunnel
Locomotives: 
Views:  50   Comments: 0
Schoma CSL-60G diesel hydraulic slave unit.
Title:  Schoma CSL-60G diesel hydraulic slave unit.
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/30/2014  Upload Date: 8/2/2014 3:13:09 PM
Location:  Staten Island, NY
Author:  John McCluskey
Categories:  Tunnel
Locomotives: 
Views:  118   Comments: 2
Schoma CHL-60G diesel hydraulic.
Title:  Schoma CHL-60G diesel hydraulic.
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/30/2014  Upload Date: 8/2/2014 3:13:12 PM
Location:  Essen, DE
Author:  John McCluskey
Categories:  Tunnel
Locomotives: 
Views:  48   Comments: 0
Schoma CHL-60G diesel hydraulic.
Title:  Schoma CHL-60G diesel hydraulic.
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/30/2014  Upload Date: 8/2/2014 3:13:15 PM
Location:  Staten Island, NY
Author:  John McCluskey
Categories:  Tunnel
Locomotives: 
Views:  53   Comments: 0
Spare flatcars for muck skips
Title:  Spare flatcars for muck skips
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/30/2014  Upload Date: 8/2/2014 3:13:18 PM
Location:  Staten Island, NY
Author:  John LcCluskey
Categories:  Tunnel
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Views:  52   Comments: 0
Spare segment car
Title:  Spare segment car
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/30/2014  Upload Date: 8/2/2014 3:13:22 PM
Location:  Staten Island, NY
Author:  John McCluskey
Categories:  Tunnel
Locomotives: 
Views:  43   Comments: 0
Builders Plate
Title:  Builders Plate
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/30/2014  Upload Date: 8/2/2014 3:13:30 PM
Location:  Staten Island, NY
Author:  John McCluskey
Categories:  Tunnel
Locomotives: 
Views:  50   Comments: 0
Schoma CHL-60G diesel hydraulic.
Title:  Schoma CHL-60G diesel hydraulic.
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/30/2014  Upload Date: 8/2/2014 3:13:38 PM
Location:  Staten Island, NY
Author:  John McCluskey
Categories:  Tunnel
Locomotives: 
Views:  414   Comments: 0
Schoma CSL-60G diesel hydraulic slave unit.
Title:  Schoma CSL-60G diesel hydraulic slave unit.
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/30/2014  Upload Date: 1/22/4706 3:13:41 PM
Location:  Staten Island, NY
Author:  John McCluskey
Categories:  Tunnel
Locomotives: 
Views:  52   Comments: 0
Hoisting loaded muck car
Title:  Hoisting loaded muck car
Description:  segments awaiting lowering into tunnel
Photo Date:  7/30/2014  Upload Date: 8/2/2014 3:13:44 PM
Location:  Staten Island, NY
Author:  John McCluskey
Categories:  Tunnel
Locomotives: 
Views:  51   Comments: 0
dumping muck
Title:  dumping muck
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/30/2014  Upload Date: 8/2/2014 3:13:52 PM
Location:  Staten Island, NY
Author:  John McCluskey
Categories:  Tunnel
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Views:  47   Comments: 0
dumping muck
Title:  dumping muck
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/30/2014  Upload Date: 8/2/2014 3:13:55 PM
Location:  Staten Island, NY
Author:  John McCluskey
Categories:  Tunnel
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Views:  58   Comments: 0
Loading muck into trucks
Title:  Loading muck into trucks
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/30/2014  Upload Date: 8/2/2014 3:20:25 PM
Location:  Staten Island, NY
Author:  John McCluskey
Categories:  Tunnel
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Views:  49   Comments: 0
Bottom of the bellout
Title:  Bottom of the bellout
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/30/2014  Upload Date: 8/2/2014 3:20:31 PM
Location:  Staten Island, NY
Author:  John McCluskey
Categories:  Tunnel
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Views:  61   Comments: 0
Muck car and man-trip
Title:  Muck car and man-trip
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/30/2014  Upload Date: 8/2/2014 3:20:37 PM
Location:  Staten Island, NY
Author:  John McCluskey
Categories:  Tunnel
Locomotives: 
Views:  40   Comments: 0
Bottom of {he bellout
Title:  Bottom of {he bellout
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/30/2014  Upload Date: 8/2/2014 3:20:40 PM
Location:  Staten Island, NY
Author:  John McCluskey
Categories:  Tunnel
Locomotives: 
Views:  44   Comments: 0
Train coming out!
Title:  Train coming out!
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/30/2014  Upload Date: 8/2/2014 3:20:47 PM
Location:  Staten Island, NY
Author:  John McCluskey
Categories:  Tunnel
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Views:  51   Comments: 0
Train on the california switch near the heading
Title:  Train on the california switch near the heading
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/30/2014  Upload Date: 8/2/2014 3:20:52 PM
Location:  Staten Island, NY
Author:  John McCluskey
Categories:  Tunnel
Locomotives: 
Views:  67   Comments: 0
Trailing gear contains all necessary items for running a mining machine
Title:  Trailing gear contains all necessary items for running a mining machine
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/30/2014  Upload Date: 8/2/2014 3:21:08 PM
Location:  Staten Island, NY
Author:  John McCluskey
Categories:  Tunnel
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Views:  57   Comments: 0
Survey equipment guides the machine
Title:  Survey equipment guides the machine
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/30/2014  Upload Date: 8/2/2014 3:21:15 PM
Location:  Staten Island, NY
Author:  John McCluskey
Categories:  Tunnel
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Views:  43   Comments: 0
Emergency air lock
Title:  Emergency air lock
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/30/2014  Upload Date: 8/2/2014 3:21:19 PM
Location:  Staten Island, NY
Author:  John McCluskey
Categories:  Tunnel
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Views:  38   Comments: 0
Train heading out from tunneling machine trailing gear
Title:  Train heading out from tunneling machine trailing gear
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/30/2014  Upload Date: 8/2/2014 3:21:26 PM
Location:  Staten Island, NY
Author:  John McCluskey
Categories:  Tunnel
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Views:  65   Comments: 0
Grout is pumped behind the tunnel segments
Title:  Grout is pumped behind the tunnel segments
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/30/2014  Upload Date: 8/2/2014 3:21:29 PM
Location:  Staten Island, NY
Author:  John McCluskey
Categories:  Tunnel
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Views:  54   Comments: 0
lots of hydraulic parts
Title:  lots of hydraulic parts
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/30/2014  Upload Date: 8/2/2014 3:17:54 PM
Location:  Staten Island, NY
Author:  John McCluskey
Categories:  Tunnel
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Views:  34   Comments: 0
moving tunnel segments into position
Title:  moving tunnel segments into position
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/30/2014  Upload Date: 8/2/2014 3:21:54 PM
Location:  Staten Island, NY
Author:  John McCluskey
Categories:  Tunnel
Locomotives: 
Views:  42   Comments: 0
Erecting tunnel segments behind the tunnel shield
Title:  Erecting tunnel segments behind the tunnel shield
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/30/2014  Upload Date: 8/2/2014 3:21:58 PM
Location:  Staten Island, NY
Author:  John McCluskey
Categories:  Tunnel
Locomotives: 
Views:  43   Comments: 0
tunnel arch
Title:  tunnel arch
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/30/2014  Upload Date: 8/2/2014 3:22:13 PM
Location:  Staten Island, NY
Author:  John McCluskey
Categories:  Tunnel
Locomotives: 
Views:  42   Comments: 0
Earth Pressure Boring Machine control room
Title:  Earth Pressure Boring Machine control room
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/30/2014  Upload Date: 8/2/2014 3:22:20 PM
Location:  Staten Island, NY
Author:  John McCluskey
Categories:  Tunnel
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Views:  39   Comments: 0
Segment and rail staging area
Title:  Segment and rail staging area
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/30/2014  Upload Date: 8/2/2014 3:22:24 PM
Location:  Staten Island, NY
Author:  John McCluskey
Categories:  Tunnel
Locomotives: 
Views:  43   Comments: 0
Looking down the trailing gear
Title:  Looking down the trailing gear
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/30/2014  Upload Date: 8/2/2014 3:22:28 PM
Location:  Staten Island, NY
Author:  John McCluskey
Categories:  Tunnel
Locomotives: 
Views:  48   Comments: 0
Where tunnel conveyor empties into muck cars
Title:  Where tunnel conveyor empties into muck cars
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/30/2014  Upload Date: 8/2/2014 3:22:33 PM
Location:  Staten Island, NY
Author:  John McCluskey
Categories:  Tunnel
Locomotives: 
Views:  38   Comments: 0
Hot, humid, tight and dark. That's tunneling!
Title:  Hot, humid, tight and dark. That's tunneling!
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/30/2014  Upload Date: 8/2/2014 3:22:40 PM
Location:  Staten Island, NY
Author:  John McCluskey
Categories:  Tunnel
Locomotives: 
Views:  29   Comments: 0
end of the+trailing gear
Title:  end of the+trailing gear
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/30/2014  Upload Date: 8/2/2014 3:22:51 PM
Location:  Staten Island, NY
Author:  John McCluskey
Categories:  Tunnel
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Views:  26   Comments: 0

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