Digging tunnels in Auckland
Well we all know about the problems up there with businesses going bust because the underground digging took too long... So, how about this:
Boston (Massachusetts, USA) was the first town/country in the world to get itself an under-street 'subway'... It was started on 28 March, 1895 and the first part was finished on 1st September 1897. Meanwhile, life carried on as normal above ground, as the men worked night AND day.
Over 200,000 people paid 5-cents each to travel on the one-half-mile length of their new underground line... That was on opening day; then it was followed up by two more sections being built and was finally finished in November 1898 at a cost of US$4-million (without a government loan of any type, just several far-seeing men who were obviously rich AND sorted)
Between 1897 and 2025, what has happened ? Not very much as far as I can tell...
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