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posted by [personal profile] elanya at 01:40pm on 24/06/2005
I went to go see batman with a girl who is experienced in the world of plantation archaeology. When it turned out that historically the Waynes have been involved in the underground railroad, and thus there was already a convenient tunnel to the bat-cave-to be (this is hardly a spoiler, get over it ;), we both sort of looked at each other, trying our best to muffle our laughter. the Underground railway Tunnel is just such an ubiquitous myth. There is always a tunnel. There is a 'tunnel' in bath too, allegedly: Blackbeard used it to smuggle his goods ashore to the governor, etc. of course, you *might* want to ask yourself why, if he was in league with the givernor, he would bother to do much hidden smuggling, and thus why he would need a tunnel. Aren't urban (or perhaps rural, in Bath's case) legend's great?

Fredericton really does have tunnels. They go from the university all over downtown. I think it would be great fun to explore them. I wonder if there are maps? Apparently there were some break-ins on campus back in 1998 (I vageuly recall this). I wonder what, if anything, was ever done about it. I wonder what's down there....

Anyone feeling adventurous? :)
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posted by [identity profile] shanmonster.livejournal.com at 07:49pm on 24/06/2005
A friend of mine told me he used to game in the tunnels in the mid- to late 80s. He says it is full of outdated computer equipment.
 
posted by [identity profile] elanya.livejournal.com at 07:54pm on 24/06/2005
so how did he get down there? :)
 
posted by [identity profile] longrat.livejournal.com at 08:49pm on 26/06/2005
If you are talking Bath, UK - it's massively mined underneath for Bath stone (same as the city is built of)
You can walk into some of the tunnels - most are fenced off...
and didn't bath use to be the second capital of britain after londinium at some point?
;)
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posted by [identity profile] elanya.livejournal.com at 10:06pm on 26/06/2005
No, this is the exciting Bath, North Carolina! Whee!

They were less about the mining and more about the naval stores (especially pine).

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