THE TALK OF THE TOWN: Tunnel.

The article focuses on the construction process of the Richmond Tunnel in Upper New York Bay. Feasibility studies were conducted by the New York Board of Water Supply by making 44 test borings of the bedrock beneath the Upper Bay. It was done from platforms on stilts and core samples were taken at various depths. To keep shaft hole from flooding, the construction staff had to surround the site with four wells, which are sunk to the top of the bedrock.