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...Kingsbury was about to suggest that we resume our travels through the Tunnel when a loud series of long and short buzzes rang in his office. "That's our own private communication system," he explained. "There are telephones throughout the Tunnel, each with its own code of short and long rings. And when you make a call, the signal sounds on all of the phones. If you ever hear a steady 5-second blast, that means there's an emergency." (He added in passing that emergencies are rare. In fact, no serious explosion of a steam line has ever occurred...
...would inspect the data board, then to travel underground to the river, cross the Charles inside the Weeks Bridge, and finally come up to the surface at the Business School operating station in McCulloch Hall. Mr. Kingsbury wished us well and placed us in the care of another Tunnel engineer, this time a South Yard...
...Holyoke Center, we asked our guide whether it was usual to connect all new buildings to the Tunnel. He replied that the Tunnel is only extended when new buildings are close by. "Otherwise, the expense is prohibitive, and we just join the pipes through a trench." (A trench is a sort of small trough, big enough for pipes and cables but much too small for people.) Since the Tunnel comes down to Lowell House under Linden Street, Holyoke Center is not too far off the track, and a connection big enough for people was feasible. Instead of constructing a full...
...thanked Mr. McFarlane for the demonstrations and with our guide walked out of the control room, down some steps into the five-foot pipe leading to the Tunnel. The inside turned out to look just as one would expect the inside of a concrete pipe to look; it was cheerfully lit and almost pleasant, however, except that the low "ceiling" made it necessary to walk with a slight stoop. We recognized the usual Tunnel fixtures: steam pipes, electric conduit, telephone cables. The pipe made a number of turns so that we could not be sure of our route...
From here on, the route was well-marked. Signs on exit doors to the surface let the explorer know what building he is passing under. The Tunnel goes directly beneath the Lowell House courtyard to Mill Street where it turns sharply east and runs for a short distance between Leverett House (McKinlock Hall) and Quincy House. At DeWolfe Street there is a turn to the south which brings the Tunnel to Memorial Drive and a large junction room know as the "Parkway Header." Like the Widener Chamber, the Parkway Header is a nexus of three Tunnel branches...