VENTILATING TUNNELS

Ventilating Tunnels NEW YORK'S great new avenues of direct ingress and egress from New Jersey, the Holland vehicular tunnels, will be opened early in the spring. Science contributed substantially...

...Four large plants will pump air into the tunnel from below the surface of the roadway...
...Soundings have disclosed a mountain in mid-Atlantic equal to the loftiest peaks of the Rockies...
...Another undersea wonder is the Congo Canyon, also in the Atlantic, and it is larger than the Grand Canyon of the Colorado...
...Any engineering problem presented can be solved by scientific application...
...Oceans have mountains and valleys, the samel as the land...
...A complete change of air will be recorded every 1 1-2 minutes, thus insuring safety and comfort to all users of the tunnels...
...Science contributed substantially to insure the success of this great engineering project and deserves no small share of the praise due...
...Autos release a large quantity of carbon monoxide and the designers had to arrange adequate ventilation, taking into consideration this added burden on the lungs...
...The fresh air will force the foul to the roof of the tunnel, whence it will escape through slots provided for the purpose...
...It even has a name, Mount) Laura Ethel...
...Special tests made at the University of Illinois resulted in a complete solution of the problem...

Vol. 19 • April 1927 • No. 4


 
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