This is like a Journey-to-the-Center-of-the-Earth vehicle (the "SPIDER") that's currently out in front of my building on First Avenue:
They're doing "geotechnical" test drilling, in preparation for the bored tunnel that will (almost assuredly) replace the viaduct:
When this photo was taken, they had reached 82 feet. The test holes are supposed to go down between 150 and 250 feet deep.
we must prepare, we must make ready for the coming of the C.H.U.D.*
* in muh hair.
Posted by: dale hotep | Thursday, August 06, 2009 at 10:31 PM