[Vision2020] Tunnels

[Tom Hansen]

I snapped that photo a couple years ago . . . under Morrill Hall.

Tom Hansen
Moscow, Idaho

> Close, but no bananas. In the early 80's they didn't have lights.
> 
> Kit Craine
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> On Feb 17, 2009, at 11:26 AM, Tom Hansen wrote:
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> > Kit -
> >
> > You mean like this?
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> > http://tinyurl.com/SteamTunnel
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> > Having read utility meters throughout the UI campus for a few  
> > years, I can
> > tell you . . .
> >
> > You can go from the Wallace Complex to the Alumni Center, and from the
> > Memorial Gym to the SUB, totally via steam tunnels.
> >
> > Had McCain been elected president, my fall-back plan (if migration to
> > Canada lost its appeal) included a comfy little "cul-de-sac" about ten
> > feet below the Ag Building.
> >
> > Tom Hansen
> > Moscow, Idaho
> >
> >> Actually, the UI steam tunnels are active. They carry steam from the
> >> boilers at Sixth & Line to most of the buildings on campus. They also
> >> have wires for things like telephones and some water lines. They are
> >> very hot, dank, and dreary places with very low ceilings, lots of
> >> stuff to bang one's head on, and dropoffs to fall into.
> >>
> >> I would not be surprised if there were tunnels under the downtown. I
> >> remember--particularly on Third between Jefferson and Main--metal
> >> doors which provided access to the basements of many of the
> >> businesses and "windows" made of glass blocks between the doors.
> >>
> >> Kit
> > Craine
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