Sitting on the tube this morning, and I thought, with all the underground tunnels etc, why doesn’t the whole city just collapse into a big hole? Whats keeping it all upright? Pretty much every square mile over the city has tunnels running underneath it. Hmmm, interesting.
Yeah, ok I was bored & Metro wasn’t doing it for me this morning…or any morning for that matter.
Good point, I thnk thats the pressing concern for the day. Eejits, I don’t trust the post office to send stuff I sell on Fleabay, why some civil cervant thinks it’s ok to just bung a stamp on something like that beggars belief.Anyway, don’t they have these machines that can transfer data instantly…I think they are called computers :w00t:
Normally because foundations go around and far deeper than the tunnels or pipe-work.
I’ve always wondered why we don’t start building underground like the Japanese are starting to do, or why we don’t have a big dome over London so we’re not affected by bad weather. A bit like in 2000AD.
I reckon that as long as we keep the tubes packed with people, then if the tunnels do collapse at least there’ll be something in them to hold them up a little
Frankly, if most of tower hamlets and the east end was swallowed up by a big hole, along with many of the crap buildings around waterloo to Victoria, I dont think anyone would bat an eyelid. Some of the buildings around that area are only fit for a bulldozer anyway.
Just how much of london would you like to bulldoze?? Me probably about 60% of it and start again. Get rid of all those post war system built jobbies and start from scratch!!
theres holborn, aldgate, loads of tunnels, back in my graffiti days i knew some right nutters that used to walk tunnels, they found some intresting stuff down there.
yeah, i caught that film on telly a little while ago, i was more intrested in teh footage of the tunnels etc than the plot line:P
i cant say too much, but yes some manhole covers hide more than a sewer pipe!
and as someone else said there are heaps of tunnels running under london, even underground tube yards/sidings (where they lay up the tubes at night).
there are some you can go on tours round, but since 9/11 and 7/7 thats all stopped for obvious reasons, much like why i cant say too much! have a look on google, youd be suprised, facisnates me!