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Transit workers on Wednesday inflated a 30-foot-long, 14-foot-diameter plug in an unused subway tunnel for evaluation as a possible defense against flooding such as the inundation of Hurricane Sandy, the Daily News has
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The device was placed in a tube just north of a No. 1 train platform at the South Ferry station, which was largely destroyed when it filled with water during the disastrous storm.
A transit official, speaking on condition of anonymity, described the inflation of the plug as a “demonstration project” to give transit engineers a closeup look at an emerging technology ― and its possible use in the 100-plus-year-old subway system.
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“The hope is that maybe someday, when you see the Big One coming, you blow this thing up and it protects the tube from flooding,” the transit official said. “Maybe it won’t work. But maybe it can prevent the kind of flooding that we’re still recovering from Sandy.”
Eight Metropolitan Transportation Authority underwater tunnels flooded in the October deluge, which destroyed or damaged signals, switches and electrical relays.
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Replacing or fixing equipment in the MTA’s subway and commuter train network, and the Midtown and Battery
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“Preventing that kind of damage again is a top priority for everyone,” the official said.
The Department of Homeland Security has been funding research,
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The MTA won’t do a full test with pressurized water at South Ferry, but may do further experimentation elsewhere.
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