[Vision2020] Tunnels

[Craine Kit]

Close, but no bananas. In the early 80's they didn't have lights.

Kit Craine





On Feb 17, 2009, at 11:26 AM, Tom Hansen wrote:

> Kit -
>
> You mean like this?
>
> http://tinyurl.com/SteamTunnel
>
> 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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