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New York City’s third water tunnel will be penetrating into the very depths of Lower Manhattan in the next few months.
Such a phallic description has perhaps never been more appropriate than for the tunnel – a 50-year, 60-mile, $6-billion project where currently only men work.
Water Tunnel Number 3, 600 feet below ground, is so low that reportedly even rats don’t dare show their face. About the only species to be found is a sandhog – the name for the workers who have been toiling in eight-hour shifts since 1970. They expect to be finished in 2020.
- Josh Rogers "Downtown Express"
Such a phallic description has perhaps never been more appropriate than for the tunnel – a 50-year, 60-mile, $6-billion project where currently only men work.
Water Tunnel Number 3, 600 feet below ground, is so low that reportedly even rats don’t dare show their face. About the only species to be found is a sandhog – the name for the workers who have been toiling in eight-hour shifts since 1970. They expect to be finished in 2020.
- Josh Rogers "Downtown Express"
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Willywagga
Absolutely perfect sound, crisp and clean, probably seriously unlike the working conditions of the 'sandhogs'. Production values are utterly perfect to my old ears. There is a quiet plaintive undertone thats very effective.