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 Posted: Sat Jun 03, 2006 10:03 am Post subject: Wash U Steam Tunnels |
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Just wondering if folks still wander around in Washington University's subterranian network.
I made a few ventures in during my undergrad years (mid 1990s). No photos, alas -- it never even occurred to me.
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| Posted: Wed Jun 28, 2006 2:01 pm Post subject: RE: Wash U Steam Tunnels |
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| you point me to an entrance ill go get some pics. i love exploreing new places. |
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| Posted: Wed Jun 28, 2006 3:18 pm Post subject: RE: Wash U Steam Tunnels |
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I just happened to be looking at some blueprints for a Wash-U building and flipped to the basement pages only to see no less than three doors leaving the building represented on the print. Interesting.
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| Posted: Thu Jun 29, 2006 7:35 pm Post subject: RE: Wash U Steam Tunnels |
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What, you just had the blueprints laying around in your basement? When are we going?!
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| Posted: Thu Jun 29, 2006 7:57 pm Post subject: RE: Wash U Steam Tunnels |
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You could say I was in the right place at the right time.
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| Posted: Sat Jul 01, 2006 7:05 am Post subject: Re: Wash U Steam Tunnels |
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| looks like i have some pics to take. |
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| Posted: Wed May 02, 2012 4:19 pm Post subject: RE: Wash U Steam Tunnels |
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| I know this thread is rather old but I am a current student at Wash U and I have been poking around trying to find any old steam tunnels that still exist. Does anyone still have blueprints, maps, or directions to entrances to these tunnels? |
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| Posted: Wed May 02, 2012 4:26 pm Post subject: RE: Wash U Steam Tunnels |
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If you have access to some of the buildings, just go to the basement and snoop around. You're likely to find something that way.
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| Posted: Wed May 02, 2012 4:26 pm Post subject: Re: Wash U Steam Tunnels |
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| They're pretty easy to locate.. just head to almost any basement. |
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| Posted: Wed May 02, 2012 4:31 pm Post subject: RE: Wash U Steam Tunnels |
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| I have looked through a lot of basements and have not found many promising entrances. In many cases it seems as though entrances have been hidden behind now locked furnace rooms which have magnetic locks on the doors making them more or less impossible to get into without a swipe card. |
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| Posted: Wed May 02, 2012 8:26 pm Post subject: Re: Wash U Steam Tunnels |
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| repowers wrote: | Just wondering if folks still wander around in Washington University's subterranian network.
I made a few ventures in during my undergrad years (mid 1990s). No photos, alas -- it never even occurred to me. |
Heh. Some undergrad students just got busted by WUPD down there. Some lines (40 maybe?) have cameras. That being said, if you don't go there and they don't catch you, they're going to have a hard time id'ing you. |
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| Posted: Wed May 02, 2012 11:11 pm Post subject: Re: Wash U Steam Tunnels |
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Hey Sublunar, didn't you or your borther find some asian guy's ID down there?
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| Posted: Wed May 02, 2012 11:20 pm Post subject: Re: Wash U Steam Tunnels |
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Here's how we got in one part of the system. It was so long ago, I don't remember which building it was in. The tunnels are fairly limited in extent, and the entire system is not contiguous. I was a little disappointed, but still glad I got to see them. The system may be much bigger than I know however. I pussed out on going down one tunnel because it was a bit flooded and there were extension cords in the water. The guys I was with were looking at me like I was the biggest douchebag in the world. Electricity scares me though.
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| Posted: Thu May 03, 2012 5:38 pm Post subject: Re: Wash U Steam Tunnels |
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| redox wrote: | | Hey Sublunar, didn't you or your borther find some asian guy's ID down there? |
Me, you, The Moor, my friend, and it seems like maybe machinist or someone else stumbled upon it. |
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| Posted: Thu May 03, 2012 10:09 pm Post subject: Re: Wash U Steam Tunnels |
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| I went in a building cuz we were told there were tunnels down there the building of the basement was like a maze we were down there for like 3 hours, we found a lot of cool shit then we found the tunnel, it was a body crawl tunnel but it went quiet a ways. |
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