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Posted by Sum Joe Guy on Wed Jan 26 18:29:28 2011, in response to Q About LTV Squad and 76th Street, posted by Mitch45 on Fri Jan 21 07:17:27 2011. 1) The photos here (http://ltvsquad.com/Locations/urbanexploration.php?ID=197) show where we went that day via guided tour from the illustrious Mr. Tunnel Rat. I nor no one I know have ever claimed to have been in this station. if it is there, it is behind the wall - a wall which no one wants to touch (more on that later)2) I myself was always a skeptic of 76 street, but the signals facing walls, and cinderblocks clearly built after the original concrete tunnel is all very suggestive. The bench wall was clearly chipped out to make way for it. There is definitely a backfill behind the cinderblocks of an unknown amount of clean sand. Why this area was filled in, and when, is unknown. 3) Not sure if it has been mentioned, but the MTA did at least one short investigation of this mystery and found a water condition. If there's anything back there, it's probably a muddy watery wreck that would cost a prohibitive amount of money to really do much with. 3) The sewer lines at the intersection of 76th street and Pitkin consist of 2 12" pipes laid in 1925 (Pitkin) and 1979 (76th street). These would not be buried deep enough to effect any subway below. I'd be really surprised if we find out what is behind the wall anytime soon. This spot has been debated online for at least a decade and much longer amongst us underground enthusiasts. The cost to seriously investigate plus the MTA's perpetually horrible finances multiplied by the fact that if there's a tunnel decaying back there it will likely need work to stabilize, costing an undetermined amount of money no one has... yields a result of the powers that be really not wanting to know. Plausible deniability should the street become a sinkhole someday. I would say forget myth busters, forget anyone other than a rogue angry mob carrying sledge hammers and shovels ever finding out what is behind the wall. |
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