sandhogs

The water system of New York isn’t in great shape with two giant pipes built long ago that are in much need of repair, while the new tunnel being built by sandhogs is not scheduled to be completed until 2020; meanwhile either of the two old tunnels could give at any moment, depriving the people of New York with water.

2010 April 15 « The BookBanter Blog 2010

Paddy, by the way, fellows, is my right-hand man in managing the 'sandhogs' as we call the tunnel-workers.

The Poisoned Pen 1908

There's the curious case of a garroted Sherlock Holmes expert; the 23-year-old Frenchman who cons an American family into thinking he is their missing teenage son; the secret world of "sandhogs" digging water tunnels under New York.

NYT > Home Page By IHSAN TAYLOR 2011

Of course if he wants to come to LA to see the star for himself the Governor will have to stay out of the specially made concrete shoes that the soon to be out of work sandhogs and other construction workers are making for him.

Joel Epstein: New Jersey's Gift to Metro Riders in LA Joel Epstein 2010

Of course if he wants to come to LA to see the star for himself the Governor will have to stay out of the specially made concrete shoes that the soon to be out of work sandhogs and other construction workers are making for him.

Joel Epstein: New Jersey's Gift to Metro Riders in LA Joel Epstein 2010

Because the plan I'm proposing involves as much if not more work for them and the union iron workers and sandhogs than the high-speed rail.

Joel Epstein: California's High-Speed Rail Mistake Joel Epstein 2011

There is the world’s foremost expert on Sherlock Holmes who is found dead in mysterious circumstances; an arson sleuth trying to prove that a man about to be executed is innocent; and sandhogs racing to complete the brutally dangerous job of building New York City’s water tunnels before the old system collapses.

The Devil and Sherlock Holmes by David Grann: Book summary 2010

Of course if he wants to come to LA to see the star for himself the Governor will have to stay out of the specially made concrete shoes that the soon to be out of work sandhogs and other construction workers are making for him.

Joel Epstein: New Jersey's Gift to Metro Riders in LA Joel Epstein 2010

I look forward to the day when we will be presenting similar awards to the engineers and sandhogs who tunnel their way to Santa Monica, connect the San Fernando Valley to Westwood, build the downtown regional connector, and complete 30/10's other critical transportation projects.

Joel Epstein: Mass Transit and a Public Works Pilgrimage to Hoover Dam 2010

The forward-leaning Grecian Bend, aka Grecian Bends, is of particular interest as the origin of the old term 'the bends' for decompression sickness (due to resemblance to the posture in sandhogs suffering the pains of 'caisson sickness' after working in pressurised caissons for the Brookyln Bridge foundations).

Archive 2004-09-01 Ray Girvan 2004