Xref: news.cs.indiana.edu alt.folklore.suburban:2351 alt.college.tunnels:2377 Path: news.cs.indiana.edu!lynx.unm.edu!jobone!newsxfer.itd.umich.edu!zip.eecs.umich.edu!newshost.marcam.com!usc!cs.utexas.edu!convex!news.duke.edu!usenet From: david_mojdehi@avid.com (David Mojdehi) Newsgroups: alt.folklore.suburban,alt.college.tunnels Subject: Re: Tunnels Date: 13 Jul 1995 02:46:27 -0400 Organization: Avid Technology, Inc Lines: 26 Sender: jfurr@acpub.duke.edu Approved: jfurr@best.com Message-ID: References: <3o36mg$iht@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu> <3rj96o$8e9@news.duke.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: bio4.acpub.duke.edu X-Moderator-Note: alt.folklore.suburban is a moderated newsgroup for serious discussion of urban legends. Material not related to urban legends or folklore will not be approved for posting. At the turn of this century Cincinnati undertook to build a subway system that was never finished. To this day there are several segments (the longest is 1 1/2 miles) that run under different parts of downtown, and students from the University of Cincy have been known to explore them. Interesting facts about the system: o one of the abandoned stations was converted to a fallout shelter in the 50's. Complete with paper blankets, radio equipment, emergency rations, and body bags. Some of this stuff is still there, but the shelter has also been abandoned. There's running water and electricity (& diesel generator), and there used to be a phone with a dialtone (!) I personally can confirm the dialtone -- but we never did find what the number was. o one of the tunnels now contains a huge watermain which feeds a large part of the city o handcuffs and prison clothes were found in the tunnel, from an unknown breakout from the nearby (now demolished) prison. o the enourmous central station is simply amazing to visit. Very post apocalyptic, planet-of-the-apes-esq. David