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Kaye also said that the University has not yet begun construction of the tunnel from the Busch-Reisinger Museum to Converse Hall, which would be needed before the system can be installed...
...heating demands. So, University officials opened negotiations in 1914 with the City of Cambridge for the use of surplus steam generated by the Boston Elevated power house, located where Eliot House now stands. On March 3, 1914 the Cambridge Board of Aldermen granted Harvard permission to construct a steam tunnel to Smith and Gore Halls and from there snake up Holyoke Street across Mt. Auburn and up Linden Street to connect with Widener. There were unpalatable strings attached, however, requiring that the City do all the constructional work at the University's cost...
...University spread, steam tunnel construction had to keep pace. In the late twenties, the Buildings and Grounds Department had dug up most of the Yard and were setting in new tunnels. For a while Memorial Hall periodically belched puffs of steam as construction went ahead. The University had already bought the old Elevated power plant and had torn it down; steam came from the boilers of the Cambridge Gas and Electric Company, five blocks toward Boston on Memorial Drive...
...steam tunnels comprise about three and one-half miles which hold over 25 miles of piping and thousands of gauges. Most of the tunnels are the "walk-through" variety--seven feet high and eight wide. There are smaller branch lines and two foot square conduits as well. The "walk-throughs" include at least two spots along the main route that are a claustrophobe's nightmare. The first is crossing Massachusetts Avenue on the way to the Houses. The tunnel height suddenly becomes three feet thanks to the shallowness of the Rapid Transit below; the traveler must hoist himself...
...other spot is over the Charles River, on the way to the Business School. Within the Weeks Bridge is a special tunnel hollowed out for tunnelgoers. Often the clearance is not more than 28 inches, and the several arches and ramps do not make the trip any more comfortable...