The Chicago Sewers: Montrose Tunnel (Gallery 3)
May 5, 2008, unknown time.
June 16, 2008 11:36 a.m.
January 25, 2009 5:06 p.m.
June 16, 2008 11:36 a.m.
This was taken 10 minutes later, when the sun was shining.
January 25, 2009 5:13 p.m.
June 16, 2008 11:54 a.m.
This is the view of that manhole lid, right on Montrose street!
11:55 a.m., the view looking down.
June 16, 2008 11:37 a.m.
11:38 a.m.
11:40 a.m. Looking back.
11:41 a.m. Looking forward again.
11:44 a.m.
Winter
January 25, 2009 5:06 p.m.
It is all ice! I can walk across!
5:08 p.m.
5:09 p.m.
5:10 p.m.
My 1st sewer video, which is rather poor quality. But you get a sense of how dark it is down there!
A remake of the 1st 1. This video is much more improved in the sense I brought a lot more light down there.
At the beginning, you can hear some water droplets. Before starting that video, I was going deep into the tunnel on the ice, but the ice started cracking until finally a chunk broke off, and the water started pouring in. Out of all my times down in the sewers I never felt so scared, and I ran back and jumped off as the ice was sinking and landed on another ice sheet which cracked and I had to jump again, until reaching some solid ice. :/ That's when I started the video going back.
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Montrose tunnel from the surface, photos of city construction.
April 17, 2009, 5:11 p.m.
While walking around 1 day, I saw a contruction site at Montrose and Damen. The construction was deep, and looking down I could see the tunnel.
Facing west.
View to the left.
May 2, 2009, 5:39 p.m.
By this time, the tunnel is covered and a vertical tunnel is installed.
May 13, 2009, 3:41 a.m.