>>>Tragedies:
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>>>San Francisco 1906
>>>Chicago 1871
>>>Johnstown, PA 1889
>>>Galveston, TX 1900
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>>>Engineering Accomplishments:
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>>>Treasure Island built from dredged material from the bay
>>>Osaka Airfield
>>>Panama Canal
>>>London Thames Barrier
>>>Netherlands
>>>Chicago pipes were once laid on streets and covered with 10 ft of dirt and bldgs raised
>>>Galveston raised 17 feet
>>>Seattle was raised a whole story when the sewers backed up (you can tour undergound)
>>>
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>>Most of the Seattle Underground City Tours has been closed to tourist. It is considered unsafe. The actual tour now consists of mainly walking through basements and museums. They do promise to reopen other sections, but they have been saying that for years.
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>Is Microsoft in charge of this by any chance? ;-)
Wrong side of the lake washington. Now if Paul Allen had been sponsoring it, it not only would be done now, but probably have tour buses.
Greg Reichert