{"id":1372,"date":"2013-10-17T12:09:29","date_gmt":"2013-10-17T16:09:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alexprudhomme.com\/?p=1372"},"modified":"2013-10-17T12:09:29","modified_gmt":"2013-10-17T16:09:29","slug":"bloomberg-unsexy-water-tunnel-3-open-business-40-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alexprudhomme.com\/2013\/10\/17\/bloomberg-unsexy-water-tunnel-3-open-business-40-years\/","title":{"rendered":"Bloomberg: &#8220;Unsexy&#8221; Water Tunnel No. 3 is Open for Business (40 years on)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It only took 40 years to build, its the largest capital project in NYC history, and few are aware of it, but at long last Tunnel Three is flowing. \u00a0Without it, the city might have gone dry &#8212; in part because tunnels 1 and 2 are so old that they risk collapse.<br \/>\nA few years ago I was granted the rare opportunity to travel 600 feet underground and explore the tunnel as it was being built. \u00a0As I write in THE RIPPLE EFFECT, it was a fantastic experience, and I felt as if I&#8217;d been transported to another planet. \u00a0The NYC water system is stupendous, and the engineering of this tunnel is magnificent. \u00a0Here&#8217;s today&#8217;s NYT on the project:<br \/>\n<span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-size: 35px; line-height: 42px;\">After Decades, a Water Tunnel Can Now Serve All of Manhattan<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"main\">\n<div>\n<div id=\"abColumn\">\n<div id=\"article\">\n<div>\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" itemid=\"https:\/\/graphics8.nytimes.com\/images\/2013\/10\/17\/nyregion\/water-4\/water-4-articleLarge.jpg\" itemprop=\"url\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/graphics8.nytimes.com\/images\/2013\/10\/17\/nyregion\/water-4\/water-4-articleLarge.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"362\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<div itemprop=\"copyrightHolder\">Pool photo by Mary Altaffer<\/div>\n<p itemprop=\"description\"><strong>2006<\/strong>\u00a0Part of the tunnel running down the West Side of Manhattan.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&lt;nyt_byline&gt;<\/p>\n<h6>By\u00a0<a title=\"More Articles by MATT FLEGENHEIMER\" href=\"https:\/\/topics.nytimes.com\/top\/reference\/timestopics\/people\/f\/matt_flegenheimer\/index.html\" rel=\"author\">MATT FLEGENHEIMER<\/a><\/h6>\n<h6>Published: October 16, 2013<\/h6>\n<div data-shares=\"facebook,twitter,google,save,email,showall|Share,print,singlepage,reprints,ad\" data-title=\"After Decades, a Water Tunnel Can Now Serve All of Manhattan\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2013\/10\/17\/nyregion\/new-water-tunnel-can-provide-water-for-all-of-manhattan.html\" data-description=\"The most recently completed section of Water Tunnel No. 3, considered the largest capital construction project ever undertaken in New York City, was opened on Wednesday.\">\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li data-share=\"facebook\">FACEBOOK<\/li>\n<li data-share=\"twitter\">TWITTER<\/li>\n<li data-share=\"google\">GOOGLE+<\/li>\n<li data-share=\"save\">SAVE<\/li>\n<li data-share=\"email\">E-MAIL<\/li>\n<li data-share=\"showall\">SHARE<\/li>\n<li data-share=\"print\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2013\/10\/17\/nyregion\/new-water-tunnel-can-provide-water-for-all-of-manhattan.html?adxnnl=1&amp;smid=fb-share&amp;adxnnlx=1382024850-Of0R6\/cPEnc9mJwuRLYF0A&amp;_r=0&amp;pagewanted=print\">PRINT<\/a><\/li>\n<li data-share=\"reprints\">REPRINTS<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>&lt;nyt_text&gt;&lt;nyt_correction_top&gt;<\/p>\n<p itemprop=\"articleBody\">Of all New York City\u2019s sprawling mega-projects, the water tunnel snaking beneath the grid \u2014 connecting the Bronx to Upper Manhattan, Upper Manhattan to Central Park, Central Park to Queens, and, eventually, Queens to the western edge of Brooklyn \u2014 is perhaps the hardest to love.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div id=\"twitterInlinePromo\">\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/NYTMetro\">Connect With NYTMetro<\/a><\/h4>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/NYTMetro\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Metro Twitter Logo.\" src=\"https:\/\/graphics8.nytimes.com\/packages\/images\/blogs\/cityroom\/FB_NYT_Metro75.jpg\" width=\"55\" height=\"55\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>Follow us on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/nytmetro\/\">Twitter<\/a>and like us on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/NYTMetro\/\">Facebook<\/a>for news and conversation.\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2013\/10\/17\/nyregion\/new-water-tunnel-can-provide-water-for-all-of-manhattan.html?adxnnl=1&amp;smid=fb-share&amp;adxnnlx=1382024850-Of0R6\/cPEnc9mJwuRLYF0A&amp;_r=0\">Enlarge This Image<\/a><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2013\/10\/17\/nyregion\/new-water-tunnel-can-provide-water-for-all-of-manhattan.html?adxnnl=1&amp;smid=fb-share&amp;adxnnlx=1382024850-Of0R6\/cPEnc9mJwuRLYF0A&amp;_r=0\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" itemprop=\"url\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/graphics8.nytimes.com\/images\/2013\/10\/17\/nyregion\/water-1\/water-1-articleInline.jpg\" width=\"190\" height=\"126\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<h6>New York Board of Water Supply<\/h6>\n<p><strong>1973<\/strong>\u00a0Water Tunnel No. 3 was begun in 1970. Here, construction beneath Highbridge Park in Washington Heights, Manhattan.\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2013\/10\/17\/nyregion\/new-water-tunnel-can-provide-water-for-all-of-manhattan.html?adxnnl=1&amp;smid=fb-share&amp;adxnnlx=1382024850-Of0R6\/cPEnc9mJwuRLYF0A&amp;_r=0\">Enlarge This Image<\/a><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2013\/10\/17\/nyregion\/new-water-tunnel-can-provide-water-for-all-of-manhattan.html?adxnnl=1&amp;smid=fb-share&amp;adxnnlx=1382024850-Of0R6\/cPEnc9mJwuRLYF0A&amp;_r=0\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" itemprop=\"url\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/graphics8.nytimes.com\/images\/2013\/10\/17\/nyregion\/water-2\/water-2-articleInline.jpg\" width=\"190\" height=\"246\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<h6>Mario Cabrera\/Associated Press<\/h6>\n<p><strong>1984<\/strong>\u00a0Gov. Mario M. Cuomo, with Mayor Edward I. Koch behind him, creating the New York City Water Finance Authority.\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2013\/10\/17\/nyregion\/new-water-tunnel-can-provide-water-for-all-of-manhattan.html?adxnnl=1&amp;smid=fb-share&amp;adxnnlx=1382024850-Of0R6\/cPEnc9mJwuRLYF0A&amp;_r=0\">Enlarge This Image<\/a><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2013\/10\/17\/nyregion\/new-water-tunnel-can-provide-water-for-all-of-manhattan.html?adxnnl=1&amp;smid=fb-share&amp;adxnnlx=1382024850-Of0R6\/cPEnc9mJwuRLYF0A&amp;_r=0\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" itemprop=\"url\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/graphics8.nytimes.com\/images\/2013\/10\/17\/nyregion\/water-3\/water-3-articleInline.jpg\" width=\"190\" height=\"152\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<h6>Thomas Monaster\/NY Daily News Archive, via Getty Images<\/h6>\n<p><strong>1991<\/strong>\u00a0Firefighters hoisting the body of a 12-year-old who fell into the depths.\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2013\/10\/17\/nyregion\/new-water-tunnel-can-provide-water-for-all-of-manhattan.html?adxnnl=1&amp;smid=fb-share&amp;adxnnlx=1382024850-Of0R6\/cPEnc9mJwuRLYF0A&amp;_r=0\">Enlarge This Image<\/a><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2013\/10\/17\/nyregion\/new-water-tunnel-can-provide-water-for-all-of-manhattan.html?adxnnl=1&amp;smid=fb-share&amp;adxnnlx=1382024850-Of0R6\/cPEnc9mJwuRLYF0A&amp;_r=0\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" itemprop=\"url\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/graphics8.nytimes.com\/images\/2013\/10\/17\/nyregion\/water-5\/water-5-articleInline-v2.jpg\" width=\"190\" height=\"125\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<h6>Chang W. Lee\/The New York Times<\/h6>\n<p><strong>2013<\/strong>\u00a0Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg beneath Central Park after he announced the completion of the Manhattan portion of the tunnel on Wednesday.\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2013\/10\/17\/nyregion\/new-water-tunnel-can-provide-water-for-all-of-manhattan.html?adxnnl=1&amp;smid=fb-share&amp;adxnnlx=1382024850-Of0R6\/cPEnc9mJwuRLYF0A&amp;_r=0\">Enlarge This Image<\/a><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2013\/10\/17\/nyregion\/new-water-tunnel-can-provide-water-for-all-of-manhattan.html?adxnnl=1&amp;smid=fb-share&amp;adxnnlx=1382024850-Of0R6\/cPEnc9mJwuRLYF0A&amp;_r=0\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" itemprop=\"url\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/graphics8.nytimes.com\/images\/2013\/10\/17\/nyregion\/17water-map\/17water-map-articleInline.png\" width=\"190\" height=\"316\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<h6>The New York Times<\/h6>\n<p>The city has committed $4.7 billion on the project to date.\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p itemprop=\"articleBody\">There will be no new subway to board when the work is done, no elevator to ride to the top of a skyscraper. Even the name is shrouded in anonymity: Water Tunnel No. 3, the last in a trilogy that few New Yorkers would pay to see.<\/p>\n<p itemprop=\"articleBody\">But as Mayor\u00a0<a title=\"More articles about Michael R. Bloomberg.\" href=\"https:\/\/topics.nytimes.com\/top\/reference\/timestopics\/people\/b\/michael_r_bloomberg\/index.html?inline=nyt-per\">Michael R. Bloomberg<\/a>\u00a0turned a ceremonial wheel in City Hall Park on Wednesday, sending waters gushing into a fountain, the city arrived at a seminal moment.<\/p>\n<p itemprop=\"articleBody\">In one of the most significant milestones for the city\u2019s water supply in nearly a century, the tunnel \u2014 authorized in 1954, begun in 1970 and considered the largest capital construction project ever undertaken in the five boroughs \u2014 will for the first time be equipped to provide water for all of Manhattan. Since 1917, the borough has relied on Tunnel No. 1, which was never inspected or significantly repaired after its opening.<\/p>\n<p itemprop=\"articleBody\">\u201cWhen I came into office,\u201d Mr. Bloomberg said, \u201cI asked, \u2018What could literally close down this city?\u2019 And a water tunnel failure would have really done that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p itemprop=\"articleBody\">The city has committed $4.7 billion on the project to date. A 10 1\/2-mile section connecting Brooklyn and Queens will not be completed until 2021. It is intended to relieve the burden on Tunnel No. 2, which began operating in 1936.<\/p>\n<p itemprop=\"articleBody\">\u201cIt\u2019s not sexy,\u201d Mr. Bloomberg said at a news conference at a distribution site beneath Central Park. \u201cAnd nobody says thank you.\u201d<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>For the full story see:<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2013\/10\/17\/nyregion\/new-water-tunnel-can-provide-water-for-all-of-manhattan.html?adxnnl=1&#038;smid=fb-share&#038;adxnnlx=1382024850-Of0R6\/cPEnc9mJwuRLYF0A&#038;_r=0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It only took 40 years to build, its the largest capital project in NYC history, and few are aware of it, but at long last Tunnel Three is flowing. \u00a0Without it, the city might have gone dry &#8212; in part because tunnels 1 and 2 are so old that they risk collapse. 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