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Massive New York City water tunnel dwarfs city life
An underground 60 mile tunnel project in New York, the third water tunnel, is the costliest municipal public works effort in American history. It runs 75 stories below the city, costs 4 to 5 billion dollars, has claimed 21 lives, and remains unfinished in 2009 with 800 serious injuries since 1970.
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