we went to the New York Transit Museum today, which was great

the most interesting info i learned was about the “Sandhogs” - the men who dug out the tunnels under the rivers around NYC in compressed air chambers, and occasionally died from the Bends

a job i’d not want but greatly respect

we went to the New York Transit Museum today, which was great

the most interesting info i learned was about the “Sandhogs” - the men who dug out the tunnels under the rivers around NYC in compressed air chambers, and occasionally died from the Bends

a job i’d not want but greatly respect 

https://daily.jstor.org/the-sandhogs-who-built-the-new-york-subway/

CEO at Google • co-founder & rectangle mover at /icebreaker • icebreaker.xyz/j4ck • /j4ck • DJ sixsix

Always respected those who contributed to our transport infrastructure.

See also anytime I see a crew painting a big bridge and wearing the gear to keep them theoretically safe from exposure to some strong chemistry.

I’ve always wanted to go but haven’t made it there

I gotta go soon

From tunnels under rivers to tunnels under blocks - some risks never go out of style.