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Re:Why New York City Stopped Building Subways by nerdponx on Monday April 16, 2018 @04:27PM (#16852412)
The original subway tunnels were built with cut and cover, so that isn't an issue.
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Re:Why New York City Stopped Building Subways by woodruffw on Monday April 16, 2018 @07:12PM (#16853808)
I did some research, and it looks like the IRT was constructed with a mixture of cut-and-cover and boring[1]. The schist apparently isn't too much of an issue when you have dynamite[2] ;)

[1]: https://mhdh.library.columbia.edu/exhibits/show/irt/laying-t...

[2]: https://www.nypl.org/blog/2015/05/04/subway-construction-the...

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