Vinnie the Mole (450-ton tunnel-boring machine) is digging the massive second phase of City Tunnel No. 3, a 60-mile tunnel that began in the Bronx in 1970 and is scheduled for completion in 2020. By then, the tunnel will be able to handle the roughly one billion gallons of water a day used in New York City that originates from rural watersheds to points throughout the city.
The water tunnel has taken its toll in human life, with 24 construction-related deaths. A man a mile, the saying goes among the workers.
A geologist's involvement in the tunnel project makes his geologist friends jealous. "For a geologist," he said, "this is like going to Disneyland."
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