I took the tour years ago - probably in 1981 or around then. It was really interesting (and creepy).
>>Tragedies:
>>
>>San Francisco 1906
>>Chicago 1871
>>Johnstown, PA 1889
>>Galveston, TX 1900
>>
>>Engineering Accomplishments:
>>
>>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)
>>
>
>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.
.·*´¨)
.·`TCH
(..·*
010000110101001101101000011000010111001001110000010011110111001001000010011101010111001101110100
"When the debate is lost, slander becomes the tool of the loser." - Socrates
Vita contingit, Vive cum eo. (Life Happens, Live With it.)
"Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away." -- author unknown
"De omnibus dubitandum"
